“Anyone doing business with Iran will NOT be doing business with the United States. I am asking for WORLD PEACE, nothing less!” While that tweet sounds comical, the stakes are anything but as the Trump administration ratchets up the sanctions against Iran.

+ “The lack of unified foreign support for the sanctions will mean lots of loopholes, more complicated enforcement, and many more arguments between the U.S. and European governments than in the past, sapping the diplomatic strength needed to engage China, India, or others that do business with Iran.” Robin Wright in The New Yorker: Who Will Last Longer: Trump or Iran’s Theocrats?