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Power Problems • December 10, 2019 

# Maximum Pressure Meets Maximum Resistance: Trump vs. Iran 

Negar Mortazavi, diplomatic correspondent for The Independent, joins Trevor Thrall and guest host John Glaser to discuss the impact of U.S. sanctions on Iran, recent Iranian protests, and the future of the JCPOA.

- [Negar Mortazavi coverage at *The Independent*](https://www.independent.co.uk/author/negar-mortazavi)
- Farnaz Fassihi and Rick Gladstone, “[With Brutal Crackdown, Iran Is Convulsed by Worst Unrest in 40 Years](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/01/world/middleeast/iran-protests-deaths.html),” *New York Times*, December 1, 2019
- Doug Bandow, “[Trump Must Understand a War with Iran Would Be Hell](https://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/trump-must-understand-war-iran-would-be-hell),” *The National Interest*, November 21, 2019

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##### Negar Mortazavi 

Senior Fellow, Center for International Policy

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##### [A. Trevor Thrall](/people/trevor-thrall)

Former Senior Fellow, Defense and Foreign Policy Department, Cato Institute

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##### John Glaser 

Host, Power Problems Podcast

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