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Trump needs to shut down this key Iranian transit artery — ASAP

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Iran’s corrupt economy is still bleeding; Washington has a narrow, perishable window to bring the regime to its knees.

President Donald Trump has shown admirable resolve.

His instinct — that America does not need a weak deal with a weakened Iran — is right.

The pressure applied over the last three months has produced more coercive leverage over the Islamic Republic than at any point in its 47-year history.

Operation Economic Fury grounded Iran’s commercial aviation for 56 days.

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The US naval blockade is costing the regime an estimated $450 million a day.

Iran’s nuclear infrastructure has been severely degraded. Its air defenses are in ruins. Its ballistic-missile program has collapsed from production of 100 missiles a month to zero.

Increasingly desperate and eager to take advantage of the cease-fire, Tehran is moving fast to reopen one artery Washington has not yet closed: the sky.

Iran’s airlines are flying again. Mahan Air, which the regime used to send child soldiers to Syria and weapons to Hezbollah, has relaunched routes to Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Bangkok, Moscow and Islamabad.

Iran Air is flying again to........

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