Motives and Consequences of the US Maximum Pressure Policy in the Middle East Region: (Iran as an example).

Abstract

The maximum pressure policy is a result of the tendencies of the American administration, which wanted to put great pressure on Iran in order to control the pace of its movement in the Middle East region in general and the Arabian Gulf region in particular. Therefore, it adopted many political, economic and strategic means in the region, which pushed the situation in the targeted countries. To the brink of collapse due to these pressures. Which prompted Iran to take retaliatory reactions to confront these pressures, which led to a worsening of the security situation, especially in areas of raging conflict in Yemen and the Arabian Gulf.

These policies were not the result only of personal orientations, but rather of the push and direction of the most important allies of the United States of America, such as the Zionist entity and the Gulf states, which see Iran as an existential threat to them because of the aspirations and ambitions of each party, which clash with the Iranian ambition, especially after the breakthrough that occurred as a result of the nuclear agreement. However, these policies (maximum pressure), despite the continuation of the Joseph Biden administration, did not achieve what was desired due to the Iranian ability to adapt to them and circumvent them.