They arent bluffing, Look at North Korea, They sell drugs and counterfeit money and goods. Iran can do the very same thing.
"They arent bluffing, Look at North Korea, They sell drugs and counterfeit money and goods. Iran can do the very same thing."
I believe the ordinary citizens of Iran would not put up with the level of poverty of North Korea.
The citizens of Iran have institutional and family memory of how things were, under the Shah (better).
So perhaps the mad-mullahs could impose a Taliban-like harsh dictatorship, for awhile.
But they will be given ample opportunity to screw up, prompting response from US, Israel, UN, EU, NATO etc.
Short term, I agree there could be gasoline problems.