According to CoinMeta, and as reported by Bloomberg, Iran's pressure tactics seem to lack a clear way forward. Jan Gavito, the acting assistant secretary of state for Near East affairs, and retired Vice Admiral Robert Howard provided distinctly different assessments in a Bloomberg program this weekend regarding whether economic pressure from the United States could change Iran's decisions. Gavito believes that sanctions alone are unlikely to provide a solution, while Howard stated that when combined with political and military pressure, sanctions can weaken Tehran.