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    "data": {
        "id": 1963216,
        "msgid": "irgc-economic-blockade-could-harm-us-more-than-iran-1788695561",
        "date": "2026-09-06 18:20:51",
        "title": "IRGC: Economic blockade could harm US more than Iran",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has warned that Washington's economic and maritime blockade against Tehran could cost the United States several times more than the damage it inflicts on Iran. IRGC spokesman Brigadier General Hossein Mohibi argued that US debt burdens and competition with China would make an economic war difficult for Washington to win. The remarks come amid heightened tensions following US and Israeli strikes on Iran in February and subsequent Iranian retaliation.",
        "content": "<p>Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has stated that the\nUnited States\u2019 economic and maritime blockade against Iran could impose\ncosts several times greater on Washington than the impact it has on\nTehran.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the US wants to inflict one dollar of economic damage on Iran,\nthey may have to bear several dollars in costs and losses,\u201d IRGC\nspokesman Brigadier General Hossein Mohibi told the Mehr news agency on\nSunday.<\/p>\n<p>Mohibi said Iran would not capitulate to sanctions and pressure. He\nalso claimed that US President Donald Trump previously believed\nWashington could force Iran to back down by relying on its military\nmight, naval fleet and aircraft carriers. However, according to him,\nrecent developments show that calculation was mistaken.<\/p>\n<p>He argued that the US, which now faces a massive debt burden as well\nas economic competition with China and other countries, would struggle\nto win what he called an economic war against Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Mohibi also claimed that developments in the region have depleted US\nstrategic reserves and affected access to a number of raw materials,\nincluding as a result of disruptions to aluminium production and exports\nin the region.<\/p>\n<p>According to Mohibi, these developments show that economic pressure\nand blockades do not always guarantee victory and can in fact impose\nsignificant costs on the country imposing them.<\/p>\n<p>The ongoing conflict began when the US and Israel launched strikes\nagainst Iran in February, which Iran subsequently answered with attacks\non US and Israeli targets, along with rising tensions over maritime\ntraffic in the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n<p>Washington has also stepped up economic pressure on Tehran alongside\nits military operations, imposing sanctions targeting Iran\u2019s oil,\nshipping, aviation, technology and financial sectors.<\/p>\n<p>Iranian officials have described the sanctions and maritime trade\nrestrictions as economic warfare and a blockade.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/irgc-economic-blockade-could-harm-us-more-than-iran-1788695561",
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