.@SecScottBessent on Iran: "Thus far this year, they’ve executed thirty, forty thousand people, many of them peaceful protesters. And so how do you deal with a regime like that? You squeeze them economically—and we believe we’re at the point where soldiers aren’t getting paid. They’re not able to replenish their weapons stocks from abroad. So I think that they are on their last legs."

Regime change through sanctions has rarely brought stability only more chaos for ordinary people. The real question is whether economic strangulation solves regional crises or pushes nations further into instability. Pakistan understands better than most that long-term peace comes through dialogue, sovereignty, and strategic balance not collective punishment.