Iran Warns Europe: Choose Independence or US Subservience
🌍 SPLIT — Tehran's binary ultimatum lands while Europe still buys Iranian gas. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Iran's FM binary ultimatum is a wedge play timed as Washington pressures allies into Operation Economic Outcast. With Brent at $88 and Hormuz at 3% traffic, Europe faces real energy cost pressure. Tehran doesn't need Europe to defect — just hesitate. One member signaling neutrality fractures the secondary sanctions coalition without a vote cast.
