Iran Threatens Oil Shipping Routes
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Mohsen Rezaei, the hardline leader of Iran’s supreme national security council, told state television that Iran would target oil-shipping routes out of the Gulf – alternatives to the strait of Hormuz – if its neighbours joined what he called the “economic war” waged by the US. Those neighbours would be “considered an enemy” and “we will target their interests”, he said.
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New York TimesIran Warns Gulf States Not to Join Trump’s Economic War Iran’s new hard-line national security adviser, Mohsen Rezaei, vowed to prevent “a single drop of oil” from leaving the region.
Washington TimesMohsen Rezaei, the recently installed leader of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, told Iranian state-run media that any nation joining Washington’s economic sanctions campaign against Tehran will be considered an enemy.
The HillIran warns Middle East neighbors against joining US ‘economic war’ Iran has advised its neighbors in the Middle East against entering an “economic war” alongside the U.S., as the conflict between Washington and Tehran nears the six month-mark. According to The Associated Press, Mohsen Rezaei, the Iranian Supreme National Security Council leader, gave a heads-up to surrounding countries to not participate in an American effort…
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Iran vowed a “devastating” military response Friday as the United States enters a new phase of economic warfare against Tehran, with the Trump administration preparing the “toughest sanctions in history” as part of an escalating campaign Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says will “collapse” the Iranian regime.
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NPR NewsToday'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.
The Guardian USAuthorities in Tehran have acknowledged that the Iranian people are facing “many problems” as the US intensifies its efforts to isolate the country’s economy with a range of sanctions that Donald Trump has called “the most crushing economic operation ever taken against any country”.
Washington TimesIran is suffering greatly under the weight of a U.S. naval blockade and already harsh sanctions, aimed at economically isolating the Islamic regime.
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Pezeshkian’s recognition of the difficulties faced by Iranians came a day before the US Treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, is expected to announce further punitive economic measures, which he has described as “the toughest sanctions in history” on Iran.
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NPR NewsTreasury Secretary Scott Bessent added in an interview on Thursday with CNBC that Iran will face the "greatest coordinated economic isolation in the history of the world."
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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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Bessent is expected to hold a press conference on Monday to give the details on how Trump's "economic D-Day" will be achieved.
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Washington TimesMr. Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent last week teased an upcoming round of sanctions dubbed “economic D-Day.” Those new restrictions, set to be announced as early as Monday, are likely to stand in for further military action by the U.S., Mr. Bessent said.
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01 The Guardian US Speaking on Sunday, Iran’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, said Trump had thrust his country into “a full-scale economic, military and security war”.
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02 Reuters Iran says new sanctions threatened by 'desperate' US will fail - Reuters Iran says new sanctions threatened by 'desperate' US will fail Reuters
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03 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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04 Washington Times Key Iranian officials warned over the weekend of “seismic” retaliation against the country’s Middle East neighbors and the U.S. ahead of the Trump administration’s massive new economic sanctions push, expected early this week.
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05 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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