
Washington is intensifying its retaliatory measures targeting the Iranian automobile, railway and air sectors.
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The United States launched Operation “Economic Pariah” to strengthen sanctions against Iran. This strategy comes against a backdrop of increased tensions around the Strait of Hormuz.
The Secretary of State for the American Treasury had announced the color at the end of August: “We want to make it clear that no one is safe from American sanctions,” warned Scott Bessent, unveiling his “Operation Economic Outcast” against Iran and its arsenal of sanctions presented as the “severest in history”.
In the shadow of the war taking place in the heart of the very strategic Strait of Hormuz, Iran's isolation is strengthening day by day. After a first round of retaliatory measures targeting the Islamic Republic since this summer, the pressure is now affecting the main automobile manufacturers, the national public railway company and even a motorcycle manufacturer, placed on the blacklist. On September 23, Washington had already targeted airlines operating flights to and from Iran, at the risk of further poisoning the already difficult daily lives of Iranians.
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