US Unveils Plan to Economically Isolate Iran Through Sanctions on Partners

The United States is seeking to economically isolate Iran, aiming to achieve through financial strangulation a surrender it has not obtained through military force or diplomatic contacts. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday presented Operation 'Economic Pariah', through which the Trump administration threatens the Islamic Republic with absolute economic isolation via sanctions on "foolish" governments that maintain financial relations with Tehran. Bessent launched "a warning shot" at Tehran's partners, threatening them with sanctions but without specifying the announced "economic D-Day.

"We are launching an economic hecatomb against Iran's financial connections around the world. Our goal is to cut every economic lifeline that supports this tyrannical regime until Tehran is completely alone, the Treasury secretary said without giving details or concrete deadlines for that "hecatomb. He specified that the sanctions will be announced gradually, and that this first step was intended as a mere "warning shot" to give governments time to "remedy their bad behavior.