U.S. Treasury official hopscotched across Middle East and Europe with a warning to Iran’s trading partners at the behest of Secretary Bessent : You either trade with Tehran or Washington wsj.com/world/middle-east/a-… via @WSJ
A top U.S. Treasury Department official hopscotched across the Middle East and Europe this month with a warning to Iran’s trading partners: you either trade with Tehran or Washington wsj.com/world/middle-east/a-… via @WSJ
Sent by Treasury secretary Bessent, top official Jonathan Burke travelled to Oman, the UAE, Turkey and the UK. Soon after, governments there started to crackdown on Iranian banks and airlines.
After the U.S. blockade, Iran vowed to push trade overland. But on the ground, hundreds of truckers are stuck at Iran’s land borders with its neighbors, throttling its economy. wsj.com/world/middle-east/ir… via @WSJ@benoitfaucon and Hamraz Bayan
Long lines at gas stations. Strikes by truckers. A government struggling to maintain subsidies. The economic fallout from the war is adding to the pain facing ordinary Iranians. wsj.com/world/middle-east/ir… via @WSJ
An Iranian airline accused of ferrying cash, weapons and personnel for the regime’s powerful Revolutionary Guard is expanding its footprint, despite more than a decade under U.S. sanctions wsj.com/world/middle-east/ir… via @WSJ
Freeing more American citizens “could be a tool if Iran wants to descalate and seek an off-ramp to hostilities," says hostages advocate Stacia George. “The U.S. will see any prisoners’ release as a confidence-building measure.” wsj.com/world/middle-east/ir… via @WSJ
Iran allowed an American citizen to go free after preventing her from leaving the country for a year and a half, a move President Trump called a gesture of good will amid a deepening standoff between the two foes wsj.com/world/middle-east/ir… via @WSJ@benoitfaucon@DrewDowell
A Wave of Iranian Nationalism Is Drowning Out Its Diplomats
Fervor whipped up during the conflict is making it hard to compromise and easy for hard-liners to stymie progress
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Renewed fighting this week between Iran and the U.S. has rocked shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz—except for Tehran’s own vessels wsj.com/world/middle-east/ir… via @WSJ