U.S. Treasury Unveils New Sanctions Campaign Against Iran Targeting Economic Lifelines
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It is against this backdrop that U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent unveiled a new sanctions campaign Monday against Iran that intends "to sever every economic lifeline that sustains this tyrannical regime until Tehran stands alone." Bessent put nations that continue doing business with Iran on notice, saying they should "expect to share in the isolation of a withering regime."
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BreitbartTreasury Secretary Scott Bessent declared Tuesday that Iran’s leadership is already “panicking” under President Donald Trump’s mounting economic offensive — pointing to stark warnings from Tehran’s own president and parliament speaker about the country’s deteriorating economy while vowing to continue severing the regime’s financial lifelines until it “stands alone.”
Washington ExaminerBessent unveiled secondary sanctions against Iran and foreign countries financially assisting the nation on Monday; however, the overall message anticipated as an “economic D-Day” came more as a warning.
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The new sanctions target Iran’s “digital assets, technology, gold, aviation, and shipping,” and name nearly 60 individuals, entities, and vessels accused of propping up Iran’s war machine through illicit commerce and sanctions evasion.
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BreitbartOperation Economic Outcast initially targeted more than 60 individuals, entities, and vessels tied to Iranian oil revenue, weapons and missile procurement, and cyber operations, while widening secondary-sanctions exposure across five sectors Tehran exploits abroad: digital assets, technology, gold, aviation, and shipping.
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President Trump has called it an "economic D-Day" and pledged to go after other countries who extend an economic lifeline to Tehran.
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BreitbartBessent pointed to the statements as evidence that Trump’s pressure campaign was already biting before Washington dramatically widened its economic offensive Monday with what officials have called an “Economic D-Day” designed to isolate Tehran and choke off the revenue streams sustaining the regime.
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Iran's new security chief Mohsen Rezaei said in an interview on state TV Saturday that Iran would retaliate against countries joining Trump's economic war in a "seismic manner," by targeting tankers using alternate oil shipping routes beyond the Strait of Hormuz so that "not even a single drop of oil will leave from the region."
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BreitbartIn the run-up to Monday’s unveiling of Operation Economic Outcast, Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaei threatened any country that joined Washington’s economic offensive, warning that Tehran would regard such participation as an “act of war.”
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01 New York Times What’s More Than ‘Maximum’? Trump Faces Limits on Iran Sanctions. President Trump’s “Economic D-Day” is intended to break the stalemate with Iran. But decades of sanctions have done little to change the country’s behavior.
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02 Washington Examiner “Bessent is indeed the best-equipped person to handle this. Not only because, in my estimation, Bessent is the most consequential treasury secretary in some time, probably the single most effective actor in the administration, and probably given the hardest roster,” Doescher said on One America News’s Fine Print.
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03 Breitbart “Iran’s leadership is admitting what the world can now see: the pressure is working,” Bessent wrote on X, one day after the administration launched Operation Economic Outcast.
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04 PBS NewsHour A look at the new U.S. sanctions on Iran and threats against its trading partners The U.S. launched what the Trump administration calls "Operation Economic Outcast" against Iran. It includes threats to increase sanctions on Iran's trading partners. The pressure comes as the administration indicates it is trying to avoid returning to war, but cannot overcome Iran's stranglehold over the Strait of Hormuz. Nick Schifrin discussed more with Miad Maleki.
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05 NPR News When the U.S. and Israel launched their war against Iran in February, President Trump vowed a swift victory.
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