Can the global community dial down rising tensions between the US and Iran?

0 January 15, 2026 23:01

The United States is raising the stakes in its maximum pressure campaign on Iran. It is slapping sanctions on Iranian officials it claims orchestrated the deadly crackdown on protesters, blocking them from US assets and businesses. Hussein Banai, associate professor of international studies at Indiana University, Bloomington, tells CNA’s Asia First whether the international community can take any action to dial back the tensions between the US and Iran.

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