Why the US can’t bully Iran

The issue is that, in the minds of Iranians, the West is aware that once Iran is severely threatened it has the potential and capacity to disrupt oil production in the region by attacking oil tankers, pipelines, refineries and production facilities, including those in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Bahrain, Qatar and Oman. This would, of course, pose a real threat to the survival of Western economies. With this perspective in mind, the language of threat is not an effective weapon as Iranians believe that it can only go so far.
AsiaTimes