Turn off all of the electricity and water.
“Turn off all of the electricity and water.”
one idea that was posted here was to completely destroy their refining capacity ... leaves the oil production infrastructure intact for future use, yet would bring the military and government to its knees [just look at what happened to Hitler]
Iran is as big as Alaska. Those in power, the IRGC - have redundant backup plans that provide them locations with generators and wells. Those in power don't give a rats ass about Iranians being without water and electricity. As said in an earlier post - when dealing with fanatics who don't value any life including their own - total annihilation is all that will dislodge them.
The underlying problem is Islam. When the Nazis were defeated, Nazism was outlawed and a denazification program was enforced. As long as Islam exists, it will produce crazies. After WW2, we didn't allow the Nazi and Shinto fanatics power - we imposed our will & military rule/government on them. Islam is what has created Muslim crazies for 1400 years. Today's batch includes: Al-Qaeda, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da'esh), Al-Shabaab, Boko Haram, Hezbolah......