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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced measures expanding potential penalties against foreign companies supporting Iran’s digital-assets, technology, gold, aviation and shipping sectors. Treasury also sanctioned more than 60 individuals and entities linked to Iranian missile and nuclear programs and plans additional designations, including an unspecified large financial institution, by the end of the week.
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced measures expanding potential penalties against foreign companies supporting Iran’s digital-assets, technology, gold, aviation and shipping sectors. Treasury also sanctioned more than 60 individuals and entities linked to Iranian missile and nuclear programs and plans additional designations, including an unspecified large financial institution, by the end of the week.
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Bessent himself acknowledged that the new penalties were more of a "warning shot" than the "economic D-Day" he'd threatened to unleash on Iran.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced measures expanding potential penalties against foreign companies supporting Iran’s digital-assets, technology, gold, aviation and shipping sectors. Treasury also sanctioned more than 60 individuals and entities linked to Iranian missile and nuclear programs and plans additional designations, including an unspecified large financial institution, by the end of the week.
Open source reportU.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced plans to impose the "toughest sanctions in history" on Iran, and urged China - Iran's largest trading partner and the main buyer of its oil - to "get with the program."
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced plans to impose the “toughest sanctions in history” on Iran and urged China, described as Iran’s largest trading partner and principal oil buyer, to participate.
Open source reportToday was the deadline for the U.S. and Iran to finalize a broader deal to end their war, according to the temporary truce they signed in June. That agreement broke down less than three weeks later
The deadline for finalizing a broader agreement to end the war arrived after the temporary June truce broke down in less than three weeks and negotiations toward a full ceasefire failed to begin in earnest.
Open source reportThere are no new talks between the U.S. and Iran this week, despite Pres. Trump's announcement of a new round of negotiations that would've started yesterday.
No new talks are taking place this week despite Trump’s announcement of negotiations that would have begun on August 3. Trump remains open to dialogue but warned that this was Iran’s “last chance before decapitation,” with reopening the Strait of Hormuz presented as a first step toward a nuclear agreement.
Open source reportTrump is more likely to choose an awkward middle option, with a fragile peace punctuated by occasional skirmishes like this week's.
Renewed full-scale war would be Washington’s worst option; an unstable middle course rather than either lasting peace or unrestricted conflict.
Open source reportThe U.S. and Iran were due to start negotiating a final peace agreement today, but abruptly cancelled talks.
Iran called off planned negotiations over continued Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon, which Tehran viewed as violating a U.S.-Iran memorandum. Criticism of the memorandum in the United States; the backlash could weaken President Trump’s willingness to continue negotiations.
Open source reportTrump remained vague about whether the U.S. would, indeed, accede to Israel's request to join its side of the conflict, leaving the door open to negotiations: "I like to make a final decision one second before it’s due, you know, because things change."
Trump remained publicly undecided about joining Israel's campaign. An unsupported media report that he had privately approved attack plans but was awaiting a possible Iranian return to nuclear negotiations.
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