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This Is Tehran's Main 'Bargaining Chip' To Influence Outcome Of Ongoing War In Iran: Expert On Iran

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🗓️ 23 March 2026

⏱️ 9 minutes

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On "Forbes Newsroom," Janatan Sayeh, an Iran research analyst at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, spoke about Iran's biggest bargaining chips during the ongoing war. Stay Connected Forbes Breaking News on X: https://x.com/ForbesTVNews Forbes Breaking News on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@forbestvnews More From Forbes: http://forbes.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

President Trump on Wednesday night took the social media to distance himself from an Israeli attack on Iran that was seen as a major escalation.

0:09.0

Israel struck an Iranian facility on their South Pardous gas field.

0:13.0

Then Iran responded with a strike against a significant energy hub in Qatar.

0:17.0

President Trump posted about that incident.

0:20.0

He put the blame on Israel when it came to

0:22.6

the attack. He said both himself, the United States, Qatar had nothing to do with it. They

0:27.6

weren't involved. They didn't know. There was reporting that came out after that did say

0:31.8

President Trump reportedly knew about that attack before it happened. But in that post, President Trump also

0:38.5

vowed Israel wouldn't attack the gas field again. But if Iran retaliated against Qatar one more

0:43.7

time, the U.S. would, quote, massively blow up the entirety of the South Pars gas field. What are

0:49.0

your thoughts on all of that? We have to remember that attack against the South Parsfield was a

0:53.7

retaliatory measure by not just one, but numerous Iranian provocations against an economic, I guess, long-term goal. So we talked about the Strait of Hormuz, we talked about attack against the vessels. We also saw major waves and barrages going after the military installations in Saudi Arabia, going after

1:11.5

the ports that are used for some of these logistics.

1:14.1

So this is more of a tip for Tatmish in this context.

1:17.7

But that said, the more the market really collapses and the more oil prices rise up, in the

1:23.2

long term the impact is going to be more received by the United States and the global

1:27.4

economy more than the Islamic Republic. They think they can absorb it.

1:30.6

The economy isn't functional enough to begin with. So of course they're going to pursue and try to exploit that.

1:36.3

Now as to how far they would take that, I think it would have a

1:39.3

opposite effect as what they thought. They thought this is going to inflict more cause and it's going to deter the U.S. or Israel to continue attacking.

1:48.0

But it's going to have the opposite effect. It's because of this economic implication that the United States now has to really finish the job or pursue a quote-unquote final knockout.

1:58.0

It also, I can imagine how it's upsetting the Europeans as well

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