Trump warns of economic consequences for any country supporting Iran
United States (US) President Donald Trump has warned of economic consequences against any country that provides “any type of lifeline to Iran” as the US looks to resolve the war it began alongside Israel nearly six months ago.
In a social media message on Wednesday, Trump promised “Economic Warfare and Isolation on an unprecedented scale,” although details were scant.
Iran has weathered continuous punishing economic sanctions for nearly 50 years, since the Islamic Revolution of 1979.
ANY country that allows its financial institutions, businesses, airports, or government entities to provide any type of lifeline to Iran will itself face TREMENDOUS Economic Consequences
Trump wrote.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi called Trump’s comments an attempt to divert American public opinion from domestic financial problems, including record debt and rising interest rates.
He said Washington’s insistence on policies he described as failed would bring further failures and alienate Iranians.
America’s economic terrorism threatens the global economy and the national sovereignty of countries around the world
he said on X.
Trump has yet to achieve the objectives he set out at the start of the war: dismantling Iran’s nuclear programme, curbing its ability to attack regional rivals and creating conditions for Iranians to overthrow their clerical rulers.
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Trump’s social media threats and announcements do not always get implemented as written.
Iran remains open to dialogue with the US but does not confuse negotiations with surrender, Mohammad Mokhber, an adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, said on Tuesday, according to the semi-official Fars news agency.
Military pressure and sanctions would not break Iran’s resolve, Mokhber added.
Trump wants to seize Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium and is seeking a new, more restrictive agreement curbing its nuclear energy and research programmes, to replace one from which he unilaterally withdrew the US in 2018.
A signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty, Iran has said for decades its nuclear programmes were peaceful.