United States President Donald Trump has threatened to impose severe\neconomic consequences on any country providing \u2018assistance in any form\u2019\nto Iran. The threat was made as Washington seeks to end the war that\nbroke out after US and Israeli strikes on Iran on 28 February. \u2018Any\ncountry that allows its financial institutions, companies, airports, or\ngovernment entities to provide any assistance to Iran will face enormous\neconomic consequences,\u2019 Trump wrote on Truth Social on Wednesday, 20\nAugust 2026. He promised \u2018economic warfare and isolation on an\nunprecedented scale\u2019. Trump did not specify the form of sanctions to be\napplied or which countries would be targeted. The threat could\npotentially target countries that have been acting as intermediaries in\npeace negotiations.<\/p>\n
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi responded to the threat by\ncalling it a continuation of America\u2019s failed policy. According to him,\nWashington will face an even greater defeat if it continues to maintain\nthat approach. \u2018The so-called \u201cEconomic D-Day\u201d is a distraction from\nAmerica\u2019s own crisis: unprecedented debt and soaring interest burdens,\u2019\nAraghchi said via X. \u2018Doubling down on failed policies will only bring\nfurther defeat and hostility from the Iranian people.\u2019 He also accused\nAmerica of carrying out \u2018economic terrorism\u2019 that threatens the world\neconomy and the sovereignty of other nations.<\/p>\n
The Iran-US war, which has involved Israel, has killed thousands of\npeople and shaken global markets. The conflict has also spread to the\nGulf region. The Strait of Hormuz\u2014a vital route for the world\u2019s energy\ntrade\u2014has become one of the most vulnerable points. Before the war,\naround one-fifth of the world\u2019s traded oil passed through the strait. A\nceasefire agreement on 8 April halted large-scale air strikes from both\nsides. However, sporadic clashes have continued around the Strait of\nHormuz. America has made reopening the shipping lane a priority, while\nIran insists the strait remain closed until Washington lifts its naval\nblockade of Iranian ports, removes oil sanctions, and unfreezes Iranian\nassets held abroad.<\/p>\n
The United States and Iran have twice announced ceasefire agreements,\nin April and June, with hopes that shipping traffic in Hormuz would\nreturn to normal and the conflict could be ended. Both, however, quickly\ncollapsed. Israel itself has largely withdrawn from the fighting.<\/p>\n
Iran has grown accustomed to facing severe economic sanctions for\nnearly five decades, since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Trump reimposed\nthe \u2018maximum pressure\u2019 policy after taking office in January 2025,\nreviving the approach he used during his first term. Tehran considers\nthe sanctions to have failed to force Iran to change its policies. Iran,\nAraghchi said, remains open to dialogue with Washington but does not\nregard negotiations as a form of surrender.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday (18\/8) announced the\nsuspension of all trade activities, commercial exchanges, and financial\ntransactions with Iran until an unspecified time. The decision was taken\nafter the UAE Ministry of Defence stated it had detected two missiles\nlaunched from Iran that subsequently fell into the sea. Iran dismissed\nthe report as baseless. The UAE\u2019s move drew attention because the\ncountry hosts one of the United States\u2019 main military bases in the\nregion.<\/p>\n
On the other hand, Washington\u2019s room for manoeuvre in expanding\neconomic warfare against Iran is not without risk. Data from analytics\nfirm Kpler shows China bought more than 80 percent of Iran\u2019s shipped oil\nthroughout 2025. Beijing itself is a supplier of various strategic\ncommodities to the United States, including rare earth minerals vital to\nthe technology and defence industries.<\/p>\n
Trump has said he is pursuing a broader goal: seizing Iran\u2019s\nstockpile of highly enriched uranium and imposing a new, stricter deal\nto limit Tehran\u2019s energy programme and nuclear research. The United\nStates unilaterally withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal in 2018. Iran, a\nsignatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, has for decades\nstated that its nuclear programme is for peaceful purposes.<\/p>\n
Amid conflicting statements about negotiations, the positions of both\nsides also remain unclear. Trump said on Tuesday that no talks were\ntaking place with Iran. A day earlier, his son-in-law and special envoy,\nJared Kushner, said negotiations were still ongoing and even \u2018perhaps\nmore intense\u2019 than before. Tehran, however, has stressed that military\npressure and economic sanctions will not break its resolve.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/trump-threatens-nations-supporting-iran-tehran-says-us-has-failed-1787288000", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }