The U.S. is escalating the economic war on Iran. Will it work?

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  Cutting through an overload of information to get to the heart of the story.

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  This is The Point.

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  Economic D-Day as the U.S.

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  Launches what it calls the single greatest financial offensive against

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  any economy and an all-out trade war between the United States and Canada.

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  Welcome to The Point, an opinion show coming to you from Beijing.

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  Andi Xin.

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  Economic D-Day, D for desperation.

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  As the U.S.

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  War against Iran approaches the six-month mark,

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  Washington has unveiled what it describes as the single greatest financial offensive ever.

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  Termed Operation Economic Outcast, the U.S.

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  Aims to isolate Iran by putting pressure on its trading partners and blocking the country's sources of revenue.

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  Iran has called the move economic terrorism and warned that it is fully prepared to respond to U.S.

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  Sanctions.

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  What does this move tell us about how the war is going?

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  Will the sanctions force Iran to back down?

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  How will it impact other countries?

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  Will they bow to Washington's demands and stop trading with Iran?

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  To unpack all this, I'm joined from Tehran, Iran, by Fawad Izadi,

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