Iran dismisses CRUSHING campaign as US targets regime

. ZELENSKYY PLEADING FOR OTHER. COUNTRIES TO SEND MORE. WE'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THAT. >> Dana: PRESIDENT TRUMP. ANNOUNCING AN UNPRECEDENTED. PRESSURE CAMPAIGN TARGETING. IRAN'S OIL AND FINANCES. HE IS CALLING IT ECONOMIC D-DAY. AND WARNS OF ECONOMIC. CONSEQUENCES AGAINST ANY COUNTRY. THAT HELPS THE REGIME. IRAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER SHRUGGED. IT OFF AND SAID THIS. ECONOMIC D-DAY IS A DIVERSION. FROM AMERICA'S OWN CRISIS. UNPRECEDENTED DEBT AND SURGING. INTEREST COSTS. DOUBLING DOWN ON FAILED POLICIES.

WILL BRING FURTHER DEFEAT AND. ENMITY IRANIANS. BRENT SADLER FROM THE HERITAGE. CENTER. WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF SANCTIONS. ON IRAN FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME? >> THE FIRST THING IS THE. BLOCKADE ON THE SHIPPING. THAT IS A NEW WRINKLE. IT IS NOT SOMETHING DONE BEFORE. BUT IT IS NOT ENOUGH. IT WILL REQUIRE THE MILITARY. PRESENCE THAT IS THERE TO STAY. AND PERHAPS BE PRO-ACTIVELY. GOING AFTER THREATS RATHER THAN.

WAITING FOR AN ATTACK TO RESPOND. ON SHIPPING. BUT WHEN THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT. A NEW ECONOMIC D-DAY, THE. EXPECTATION IS THERE WILL BE. MORE SHARP ERECT I CAN SANCTIONS. GOING AFTER SECOND ORDER. SANCTIONS ON OTHER COUNTRIES. THAT DO TRADE WITH THEM. COUNTRIES LIKE RUSSIA AND CHINA. WON'T BE AFFECTED AS MUCH. THERE WILL HAVE TO BE A KINETIC. ELEMENT TO THIS ECONOMIC WARFARE. OR STATE CRAFT. >> Dana: WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY. KINETIC. >> GOING AFTER SHIPPING IS ONE. OF THOSE THAT YOU ARE SEEING.

NOW. KINETIC LIKE VESSEL BOARDING AND. SEIZURES OF THE DARK FLEET GOING. ON SINCE LATE LAST YEAR AND. PICKING UP WITH MORE COUNTRIES. PARTICIPATING. THAT NEEDS TO PROBABLY BE RAMPED. UP, NOT JUST COMING IN AND OUT. OF THE STRAITS OF HORMUZ BUT. WHEREVER SHIPPING IS BENEFITING. OR DOING BUSINESS WITH THE. IRANIANS NEED TO START GETTING. INTERDICTED. >> Dana: ISRAELIS HAVE SAID THIS. TO FOX NEWS. INTELLIGENCE OFFICIAL SAYING. WE'RE SEEING INDICATION THAT. IRAN'S ABILITY TO CONTINUE. FUNDING ITS PROXIES IS COMING.

UNDER STRAIN. IRAN SENDS BILLION ELSE OF. DOLLARS TO ITS PROXY NETWORKS. ASSESSMENT IS SUSTAINED ECONOMIC. PRESSURE ON IRAN COULD STARVE. ITS ENTIRE PROXY NETWORK CHOKING. OFF THE LIFELINE TO KEEPS THE. NETWORK ALIVE. LET ME MENTION THIS. THE PRESSURE ON IRAN IS. SOMETHING I WANT TO READ TO YOU. ABOUT UAE. INTENSIFYING EFFORTS TO CONTROL. OR DISRUPT NAVIGATION TO THE. STRAIT OF HORMUZ.

IRAN WILL LIKELY RESPOND TO THE. UAE DECISION WITH GREATER. MILITARY AND ECONOMIC PRESSURE. AGAINST THE UAE RATHER THAN. ABANDON ITS EFFORTS TO SECURE. GREATER CONTROL OVER THE STRAIT. OF HORMUZ. HOW WILL THAT GO? IT'S LIKE A GAME OF CHICKEN. BETWEEN THE UAE AND IRANIANS. >> THE UAE IS ACTING NOW. SOMEWHAT UNDER I WOULD SAY IT. WASN'T REALLY NECESSARY, U.S. PRESSURE. THE IRANIANS HAVE BEEN ATTACKING. THEM. THE LARGEST NUMBER OF MISSILES. ARE DIRECTED AT THE UAE IN THE. CONFLICT.

INEVITABLE THE RIGHT THEM FOR. THEM TO SERVER ECONOMIC TIES. WITH REGARD TO THE PROXIES. ANOTHER VENUE IN WHICH THE. KINETIC CAN PLAY OUT. AS WE TAKE A MORE ECONOMIC LEAD. AND BLOCKADE BEING SUSTAINED. RATHER THAN THREATENING. WHOLESALE STRIKES ACROSS IRAN I. THINK GOING AFTER AND FURTHER. ISOLATING AND DEGRADING THE. PROXIES IS ONE OF THE LEVERS. THAT REGIME IN TEHRAN STILL HAS. THAT HAS TO BE A PRIME TARGET. I THINK RATHER THAN LETTING UP.

THE INTENSITY OF THE ATTACKS. AGAINST THE PROXIES LIKE THE. HOUTHIS, OF COURSE THOSE IN IRAQ. ALSO NEED TO BE STEPPED UP. >> Dana: THE IRANIANS DON'T CARE. ABOUT THE SUFFERING OF THE. PEOPLE OF IRAN AND THE REGIME. LEADERS CONTINUE TO I GUESS --. THEY'RE NOT LIVING IN LUXURY BUT. WE KNOW THE ECONOMIC PRESSURE ON. THE IRANIAN PEOPLE HAS BEEN. REALLY DEVASTATING ALREADY. DO WE HAVE ANY INSIGHT AS TO HOW. MUCH MAIN THE REGIME CAN WITH. STAND BECAUSE I KNOW THE PEOPLE.

ARE AFRAID TO COME OUT BECAUSE. THEY WILL JUST BE MOWED DOWN. BUT I WONDER IF YOU HAVE ANY. INSIGHT INTO THE REGIME'S. BASICALLY CAPACITY TO TAKE MORE. HITS ON THE ECONOMIC FRONT? >> TWO THINGS. THERE ARE A LOT OF IRANIANS AND. FAMILY MEMBERS LIVING IN EXTREME. LUXURY IN EUROPE AND EVEN IN THE. UNITED STATES. SO GOING AFTER THAT IS SOMETHING. TO BE SPOKEN TO IN THE ECONOMIC. FRONT. ON THE PEOPLE SIDE, THE THING TO. LOOK FOR IS WHEN THE POLICE, IRGC MEMBERS AND ELEMENTS OF. THEM START TO DEFECT IN GREATER.

NUMBERS OR DON'T ENFORCE THE. DICTATE OUT OF TEHRAN, THAT WILL. BE AN INDICATION THE RESOURCES. TO MAINTAIN POWER IN IRAN IS. STARTING TO BREAK. >> Dana: BRENT, THANK YOU FOR. BEING HERE TODAY.