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A new US 'maximum pressure' sanctions package raises Iran's incentive to retaliate, eroding the fragile restraint that has so far kept Tehran from directly striking US bases in the region.
// Cascade Logic
Fresh maximum-pressure sanctions → deepened economic siege and domestic pressure on Tehran → higher escalation incentive that undercuts the probability Iran continues to refrain from direct strikes.
// Causal Graph
// Causal Links
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Intensified economic coercion raises Tehran's escalation incentive, pressuring downward the probability that Iran maintains full restraint against US bases in the near term.