US issues first wave of Iran sanctions after ceasefire in 12-day war
Washington, DC – The United States has issued a new wave of sanctions against Iranian oil exports, the first penalties against Tehran’s energy sector since a Washington -backed ceasefire. Israel and Iran He came into force last month.
Among those targeted by the sanctions announced on Thursday, Iraqi businessman Salim Ahmed and the United States accused Iranian oil with Iraqi oil and accused of smuggling of the United Arab Emirates -centered company, accused of smuggling, he said.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a statement, “Iran’s behavior rejected it. Although the opportunity to choose peace, the leaders chose extremism.” He said.
“Treasury will continue to target Tehran’s income sources and concentrate economic pressure disrupting access to financial resources that increase the regime’s destabilizing activities. “
After the ceasefire was reached on June 24, US President Donald Trump thought that China could buy Iranian oil and that the US could abolish the US sanctions on energy exports.
However, the promise was short -lived. In a social media post last week, Trump wrote in response to the statements of the Iranian Supreme Leader immediately reduced all the work on sanction aid ”. Ali Khanei To claim victory against Israel.
The US President also said that Israel had stopped assassination of Khamenei and saved him from a very ugly and disgusting death ”.
Israel Defense Minister Israel Katz said Israel He tried to kill Khamenei, but for the assassination, “there was no operational opportunity”.
On June 13, Israel launched air strikes against Iran without direct provocation and killed hundreds of Iranians, including civilians and senior military officials.
The US participated in the Israeli campaign and three Iranians were attacked nuclear places. Iran responded with an attack on an air base that hosts missile strikes against Israel and US troops in Qatar.
Trump claimed that US air raids “destroy” Iran’s nuclear facilities.
Pentagon said on Wednesday that the US bombing operation brought back Iran’s nuclear program One to two years.
However, it is not clear where Iran’s highly enriched uranium stocks are.
The country enacted a law last month to suspend cooperation with the UN nuclear guard. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the agency’s inability to condemn the US and Israeli attacks.
The movement scolded by the USA and a few people European countries.
On Thursday, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei claimed that Iran was indirectly in contact with the US through the US and Qatar to find a diplomatic solution to the crisis.
Baghaei told Sky News, “diplomacy, deception, or just a tool for a kind of psychological war against competitors, or should not be exploited or used,” he said.
The authority added that Tehran’s diplomatic efforts were “betrayed”.
Hours before Israel began the war last month, Trump reiterated the US diplomacy commitment.
And days before the US attacks, he said he would decide to join the war within two weeks to allow negotiations between Iran and European forces.
