Trump’s foreign policy team will seek to tighten sanctions on Tehran, including on vital oil exports, once the president-elect returns to the country, people familiar with the transition said. The white house Next January.
A national security expert familiar with Trump’s transition said he was “determined to reimpose the maximum pressure strategy to bust him.” Iran “As soon as possible.”
The Financial Times highlighted: “The plan will represent a shift in policy US State Department At a time when the Middle East is witnessing many unrest after the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023 caused a wave of regional hostilities.
And it was Trump He indicated, during his election campaign, that he wanted a deal with Iran. “We have to reach an agreement, because the consequences are impossible,” he said. “We have to reach an agreement.”
People familiar with Trump’s thinking explained that the maximum pressure tactic would be used to try to force Iran into talks with the United States, although experts believe this is “far-fetched.”
In his first term, Trump launched a “maximum pressure” policy, after abandoning… The nuclear agreement For the year 2015, which Iran signed with world powers, hundreds of sanctions were imposed on Tehran.
In response, Iran intensified its nuclear activity and enriched uranium at a high rate.
The sanctions remained in effect throughout Biden administrationHowever, observers said that it was not implemented strictly, as the US administration sought to revive the nuclear agreement with Iran and alleviate the crisis.
According to people familiar with the plans, the newspaper adds, “Trump’s transition team is currently drafting executive orders that he could issue on his first day in the Oval Office to target Tehran, including tightening and adding new sanctions on… Oil exports “Iranian.”
