{"id":20041,"date":"2026-04-12T07:47:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T07:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=20041"},"modified":"2026-04-12T07:47:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T07:47:05","slug":"iran-has-tools-more-powerful-than-nuclear-weapons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/04\/12\/iran-has-tools-more-powerful-than-nuclear-weapons\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran has tools more powerful than Nuclear weapons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: Nicholas Pelham, an analyst with The Economist, says Iran possesses a strategic tool that could be even more effective than nuclear weapons, control over the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He noted that the strait serves as a powerful defensive lever for Iran and could play a decisive role in countering external pressure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pelham\u2019s remarks come as peace talks between the United States and Iran in Islamabad ended without a breakthrough, with both delegations returning to their countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: Nicholas Pelham, an analyst with The Economist, says Iran possesses a strategic tool that could be even more effective than nuclear weapons, control over the Strait of Hormuz. He noted that the strait serves as a powerful defensive lever for Iran and could play a decisive role in countering external pressure. Pelham\u2019s remarks come [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":20042,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[73],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20041"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20041"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20043,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20041\/revisions\/20043"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}