Trump announces new economic offensive against Iran and warns third countries

The president of the United States, Donald Trump, announced this Wednesday a new economic offensive against Iran with which he intends to suffocate its sources of financing and economic support, and which he has presented as the most impactful operation ever undertaken against a country.

"Today I announce the most devastating economic operation ever undertaken against any country," Trump said on his Truth Social network, where he warned that any country that allows its financial institutions, companies, airports or government entities to provide "any type of lifeline" to Iran will in turn face economic consequences.

The president has specified that the measure contemplates cutting the routes used to evade sanctions and maintain financial flows to Iran, including oil smuggling, currency exchange lines, cash transfers, exchange houses, ship registries and front companies.

Trump has demanded that all these operations "stop NOW" and has warned that Washington will monitor the countries and entities that allow them to be maintained.

The US president has presented the initiative as a new phase of US pressure on Tehran, after ensuring that the Iranian Armed Forces have been seriously weakened after the recent clashes and that its economy is on the verge of collapse.

"This will be an economic D-DAY," he said, calling on US allies to join in isolating Iran and reiterating that his government will prevent the country from obtaining a nuclear weapon.

Previously, Trump had opined that "perhaps at some point" Washington and Tehran could resume negotiations to end the war, although he noted that the current situation in the Strait of Hormuz "is very good" and that many oil tankers are passing through it without problem.

"Maybe at some point, although right now I think the situation (in Hormuz) is very good. But yes, maybe at some point," Trump responded at the White House when asked about the status of the talks after the bilateral ceasefire signed in June expired this past Monday.