Trump announces unprecedented sanctions and economic war against Iran

(by Benedetta Guerrera) Donald Trump opens a new front in the war against Iran, an unprecedented economic isolation to try to break a deadlock. “No one has given the Islamic Republic of Iran a better opportunity than me to reach an agreement.

Tragically for them, they didn't get it. Therefore, today I am announcing the most devastating economic operation ever undertaken against a country! It will be an economic war and an unprecedented isolation", announced the American president on Truth after rumors of new, very harsh sanctions from Washington against the Pasdaran had been circulating for days. The tycoon also warned that "any country that allows its financial institutions, businesses, airports or government bodies to offer Iran a lifeline will itself face tremendous economic consequences." Trump is referring in particular to oil smuggling, money transfers and front companies provided by third countries, mostly Russia and China, which have allowed Tehran to circumvent Western measures in recent years. "You know who you are. It will be an 'economic D-Day' and we need all our allies to stand with the United States to isolate and defeat the threat posed by Iran," The Donald insisted. “These fanatics are on the ropes, these historic measures will bring them to their knees, crippling their ability to spread terror around the world.” Which "historic measures" these are, however, is not yet clear.

Also because in recent months Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has launched several actions aimed at targeting the currency, shell companies and intermediaries who help the Pasdaran move money through the international financial system. And so the hypotheses formulated by analysts range from the land blockade of goods to the clampdown on independent Chinese refineries which represent a quarter of Beijing's refining capacity. But the theory of a system of second-degree sanctions is also circulating, as the tycoon also implied in his post, those against those who help to evade the American clampdown on Iran as occurred in the past against Russia. Also in this case the measures would mainly affect Chinese banks and companies, opening the front for a clash with Beijing a month after Xi Jin Ping's visit to Washington.