Trump Administration Intensifies Economic Pressure on Iran Over Strait of Hormuz Negotiats
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Today's top stories The Trump administration is threatening more economic pressure on Iran to push it back into negotiations over the Strait of Hormuz. President Trump is calling the campaign an "economic D-Day." Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he will outline the new measures Monday.
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BreitbartPresident Donald Trump made clear Friday that Washington’s shift toward economic pressure does not take further military action off the table, while again pointing to Iran’s battered armed forces, economic deterioration, and the U.S. blockade around the Strait of Hormuz as evidence of the mounting pressure on Tehran.
ABC NewsPres. Trump has vowed "economic warfare" against Iran on an unprecedented scale. The warning comes as the USS Lincoln heads home from its record deployment.
Washington ExaminerAmid Washington’s blockade of Iranian ports, which has cost Tehran billions, and an “Economic D-Day” campaign targeting Tehran that President Donald Trump announced Wednesday, Pezeshkian conceded the severe economic impact the war has had on Iran.
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With the Lincoln’s departure from the Middle East, where it was supporting the U.S. war against Iran, the USS George Washington arrived in the region Wednesday to begin a deployment, according to U.S. Central Command.
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The Guardian USGood morning. The USS George Washington aircraft carrier has arrived in the Middle East, to relieve the USS Abraham Lincoln from its record deployment amid concerns about poor living conditions and morale.
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What are conditions like on the Lincoln? The ship has spent more than 250 days at sea supporting US operations against Iran without a significant port visit or date to return home for the 5,000 sailors and marines onboard. Reports from families of crew members published in the Navy Times and Stars and Stripes military newspapers described food and water shortages, disrupted mail services, plumbing problems, low morale and worsening mental health, prompting Democratic lawmakers to demand answers from the Pentagon.
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NBC NewsThe Lincoln, which has been at sea for more than 250 days, has 5,000 sailors and Marines on board. The deployment has been marred by reports of deteriorating conditions.
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Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Iran’s lead negotiator in mediated talks with Washington, likewise acknowledged Friday that Tehran must find ways to withstand the coming economic pressure.
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NPR NewsOn Friday, Iran's parliamentary speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, the country's main negotiator with the U.S., said Trump's threat of an "economic D-Day" showed Washington was unable to prevail militarily.
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Trump put governments and businesses around the world on notice that providing Tehran with “any type of lifeline” — including through oil smuggling, cash transfers, exchange houses, ship registries, or front companies — would expose them to “TREMENDOUS Economic Consequences.”
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NPR NewsOn Wednesday, Trump wrote "ANY country that allows its financial institutions, businesses, airports, or government entities to provide any type of lifeline to Iran will itself face TREMENDOUS Economic Consequences."
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"It is going to work in Iran and we are going to collapse this regime. It is time for our allies and the rest of the world to make a decision," he said.
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Breitbart“It is going to work in Iran, and we are going to collapse this regime,” he said.
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The USS Abraham Lincoln is on its way back home following an extended nine-month deployment, a U.S. official told NBC News on Thursday.
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NPR NewsAudio will be available later today. The USS Abraham Lincoln — which has been participating in U.S. military operations in the war with Iran — is now on its way home. The roughly 5,000 sailors and Marines aboard that ship have spent a grueling nine months at sea with little relief.
PBS NewsHourNews Wrap: USS Abraham Lincoln heading home after 9-month deployment In our news wrap Thursday, U.S. military says the USS Abraham Lincoln is heading home following a roughly nine-month deployment and reports of poor living conditions, storms and at least one tornado tore through parts of Germany overnight and China sentenced the founder of Evergrande to life in prison five years after the company's collapse sent shockwaves through China's economy.
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Reports have emerged of deteriorating conditions — and of deteriorating mental health, including apparent attempts by crewmembers to jump overboard. The Navy has not confirmed those reports and NPR has not independently verified them. "A small number of mental health cases were treated with no loss of life," Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao said in a statement last week.
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NBC NewsFamily members of those onboard have told NBC News that conditions have been grim, citing a lack of supplies and food and a rising concern for worsening mental health as multiple sailors have reportedly attempted to jump overboard.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says reports of poor conditions aboard the Lincoln are overstated. President Trump recently called the deployment "not nearly long enough."
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NBC NewsCooper’s account follows comments from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week that reports about the situation aboard the Lincoln have been “completely misrepresented.” President Donald Trump last week also dismissed concerns, telling reporters Friday that the deployment was “not nearly long enough.”
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01 USA Today The president appeared at a MAGA rally in South Carolina alongside his endorsed Senate pick, Sen. Darline Graham. His speech drifted from the state race to White House construction and the Iran war.
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02 Washington Examiner The Iranian president also rebuked colleagues who have opposed a peace deal. “Some people are sitting outside the circle; because they do not know the state of the government, the state of the parliament, and the state of the commanders, they make comments and analysis, even though they have not experienced any suffering or hardship, and then they talk about the cost,” Pezeshkian said. “They do not find a single clause in this agreement that indicates a commitment; all commitments are related to the other party. Criticizing the problems of inflation and issues arising from the war is not consistent with the slogans of some. When we chant slogans, we must also accept their severity.”
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03 The Guardian US US Central Command announced on Thursday that the Washington arrived in the area on Wednesday, and posted an image of sailors working on the flight deck as the ship transited the Arabian Sea. According to the New York Times, which cited a US official, the Lincoln began its home journey to San Diego on Thursday.
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04 NPR News "The Americans and the Israelis have realised that they cannot handle Iran…in the field of a hard military war, so they have entered into a cognitive war and an economic war," he said during a visit to neighboring Iraq.
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05 NBC News The U.S. official said that the ship has been sailing for a few days and is expected to arrive back in San Diego in a few weeks.
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06 Breitbart “No, not at all,” Trump told reporters at Joint Base Andrews when asked whether the turn toward economic warfare meant U.S. military options against Iran had become limited.
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