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This is how the Iranian regime falls.

JL;DR SUMMARY The article explores the potential downfall of the Iranian regime, focusing on Kharg Island, which is critical to Iran's oil exports. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Middle EastU.S. Foreign PolicyIranDonald TrumpChinaGeopoliticsIslamic Revolutionary Guard CorpsEconomic SanctionsKharg IslandOil Exports

Places mentioned

Kharg Island, Khuzestan, Iran
"Everything hinges on Kharg Island, a continental island of Iran in the Persian Gulf."
Tehran, Hormozgan, Iran
"Without Kharg Island, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps can sustain core security operations in Tehran and a handful of major cities from non-oil revenue for an estimated three to six months."
Jask, Hormozgan, Iran
"Jask, a port city in southern Iran, is still under construction and not proven as an operating substitute."

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