[jt_b]

I think they probably like having an GDP 25x larger than North Korea's. Gets a lot harder to export your products around the world when you're squared off against the US.

[seanmcdirmid]

They still trade oil with China, that is as much as the rest of the world they need. Of course, getting trade overland is a bit more difficult than by boat which is mostly cut off during a war.

[MichaelZuo]

How does that follow?

[sebmellen]

We don’t need to occupy Iran to absolutely decimate their economic output.