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President Trump Announces Operation Economic Outcast to Intensify Sanctions Against Iran

The administration announced a sweeping new sanctions campaign, titled "Operation Economic Outcast," to deepen Iran's economic isolation and sever every financial lifeline sustaining the regime. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent described the initiative as the largest coordinated economic isolation campaign in history, targeting over 60 entities, individuals, and vessels involved in procuring nuclear and missile technology, conducting cyber operations, and generating oil revenue. The administration announced new sanctions determinations covering five critical sectors: digital assets, technology, gold, aviation, and shipping. The campaign aims to put pressure on countries that refuse to cut ties with Iran, with the administration announced that it will act unilaterally if governments fail to meet defined timelines. While the Iranian regime remains defiant, the administration announced that the strategy aims to collapse the government in Tehran. Iranian officials have responded by vowing that the administration's economic pressure will fail, while the administration announced that the administration's strategy will be supported by threats of retaliatory attacks against the interests of states that comply with US sanctions.

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