They’d be a very strong regional power if they weren’t devastated by sanctions for the past 40 years. But because of the sanctions they have become a very resourceful and efficient player in terms of the regional geopolitics, as well as a very internally cohesive one because sanctions don’t turn people against regimes, they unite behind them against an exterior enemy.
They’d be a very strong regional power if they weren’t devastated by sanctions for the past 40 years. But because of the sanctions they have become a very resourceful and efficient player in terms of the regional geopolitics, as well as a very internally cohesive one because sanctions don’t turn people against regimes, they unite behind them against an exterior enemy.