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In the News · The Hill · April 1, 2026

Iran’s oil becomes latest foreign treasure targeted by Trump

Amir Handjani calls Trump's rhetoric 'unprecedented' and 'the language of tin-pot dictators.'

Amir Handjani, board member of the Quincy Institute and a partner at KARV Global, described President Trump’s remarks about seizing Iran’s oil as ‘unprecedented.’

‘It’s the language of tin-pot dictators. It’s not the language of democratically elected presidents of Western democracies,’ Handjani told The Hill. He called the administration’s broader resource-for-support approach ‘predatory.’

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