Fallingstar
The sanctions already imposed on Iran for a very long time have caused terrible hardship for the innocent people who live there. Already they are struggling and have heard many don’t have enough to eat so what further damage does the US wish to impose. The regime will have plenty of money and supplies squirreled away but the innocent people will bear the brunt of this.
He's just done one of the most stupid things so far. Antagonising the Chinese.
My Iranian friend whose sis lives in Tehran says they have plenty of weapons squirrelled away but not food stocks or goods.
There is real, genuine suffering, terrible inflation, and it is the sanctions from outside the country is large and produce quite a lot of its own food - but there are limits.
Again, does it "warm" hearts and minds towards "rescue" from the West? Yes, many want more democratic rights and freedom forth constraints from the revolutionary guard (which are uneven, depending where you live)
But they have stopped hoping Trump will deliver that a while back.
The regime don't actually live rich lives off the back of the people nor the revolutionary guard who are the "police". Their commitment to power is ideological and they have been building up arms for 49 years to prepare for just this sort of event.