Iran’s Economic Warfare

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In a Call me Back bonus episode, we’re publishing this week’s episode of Ark Media podcast What’s Your Number, co-hosted by Yonatan Adiri and Yael Wissner-Levy. This week, despite recording between air-raid sirens and shelter runs, Yael and Yonatan break down Iran’s emerging strategy of economic warfare. Instead of matching Israel and the U.S. militarily, Iran appears to be targeting global pressure points—oil and gas infrastructure, fertilizer supply chains, financial hubs, AI data centers, and the Strait of Hormuz—to drive up global costs and force political pressure. The question: can this strategy actually move markets and reshape the conflict?
In this episode:
00:00 - Numbers of the Week
05:00 - The WYNDEX
09:00 - Big Short #1: Lebanon signals a shift on Hezbollah
11:30 - Big Short #2: Israel’s budget politics and coalition stability
14:00 - Long Play: Iran’s economic warfare and the global energy stakes
38:40 - Words of the Week
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Credits: Ilan Benatar, Adaam James Levin-Areddy, Brittany Cohen, Ava Weiner, Martin Huergo, Mariangeles Burgos, and Patricio Spadavecchia, Yuval Semo