Relations are heating up: US imposed new sanctions against Iran

USA expanded sanctions against Iranadding to the restrictive lists the construction sector of the Islamic Republic and banning the supply of a number of materials that can be used for nuclear and missile programs. Writes about it RIA News.

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“This decision will help maintain oversight of Iran's civilian nuclear program, reduce proliferation risks, limit Iran's ability to reduce its breakout time to obtain a nuclear weapon, and prevent the regime from repurposing facilities for proliferation purposes,” the State Department said in a release.

Iran's construction sector came under sanctions because, according to Washington, it is "directly or indirectly controlled by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps." In this regard, a ban is imposed on the sale, supply or transfer to Iran of unprocessed or semi-processed metals, graphite, coal and software for this industry.

In addition, the ban covers the supply of four types of materials (varieties of steel pipes, foil, etc.), which, according to the United States, can be used in nuclear or missile programs.

The State Department also extended the exemptions that allow Russia, China and European countries to continue working at Iranian nuclear facilities, which would not allow Tehran to use them for nuclear research.

The United States is constantly introducing restrictions that deprive Iran of any path to nuclear weapons. The United States also uses the full range of diplomatic and economic instruments to deter Iran’s destabilizing activities. The State Department said that while the Iranian regime continues to reject diplomacy and expand its nuclear program, economic pressure and diplomatic isolation will intensify. This is written in the press release of the new sanctions on Iran on the site. US Department of State.

History of development US conflict with Iran

In 2015, Great Britain, Germany, China, Russia, the United States, France and Iran announced the achievement of a Joint Comprehensive Action Plan, which called for the lifting of sanctions against Tehran in exchange for limiting its nuclear program.

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In May 2018, Donald Trump announced the US withdrawal from a nuclear deal with Iran concluded in the 2015 year by the Barack Obama administration. For many years, Trump has consistently criticized the agreement - back in the 2016 year, as a presidential candidate, he promised to consider the possibility of canceling it if he wins the election. Explaining the need to break the agreement, Trump accused Iran of illegally creating ballistic missiles and using the funds received as a result of the lifting of sanctions to support terrorism.

In November 2018, Trump's decree came into force on the resumption of sectoral sanctions against Iran, canceled during the conclusion of a nuclear deal. In particular, the ban on the purchase of Iranian oil again began to operate - countries doing this could fall under US secondary sanctions (exceptions were made for some states, including China, India and Japan). Trump called the sanctions "the strongest of those that have ever imposed the United States."

In April of that year, the White House announced the abolition of exceptions that allowed some countries to buy Iranian oil without risk of falling under US secondary sanctions.

In May 2019, off the coast of the United Arab Emirates in the Persian Gulf, four oil tankers were attacked. No one died as a result of the incident; no oil spill occurred. In the US, they unofficially talked about the possible involvement of Iran in the attack, in Tehran they denied this.

13 June 2019 years in the Gulf of Oman, two more tankers were attacked. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo formally blamed the attack on Iran, calling the incident part of an “escalation of tension” campaign. The Central Command of the US Armed Forces in support of this version published a video: it allegedly shot how the Iranian military removed an unexploded mine from one of the tankers. In Iran, the charges were rejected.

A little later in June, Iran shot down an American drone. As stated in the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), he violated the country's airspace. From the statements of the Pentagon representatives, on the contrary, it followed that the drone was above neutral territory. After the incident, the US Federal Aviation Administration banned any U.S. aircraft from flying over the Gulf of Oman and the Gulf.

Iranian state-run media say Middle East authorities arrested xnumx secret agentsrecruited by the Central Intelligence Agency for espionage at its nuclear and military installations. Some of them were allegedly sentenced to death.

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Iranian officials told Reuters that Donald Trump, through intermediaries from Oman, conveyed a message to Tehran, in which he offered to start negotiations and warned about the "imminent attack" of the United States in case of refusal to do so. The New York Times reported that on the eve of Trump approved military strikes on several targets in Iran in response to the destruction of the drone, but at the last moment canceled them. The Iranian media published photos of the wreckage of the downed drone - the IRGC called the presence of debris proof that it was shot down over Iran, and not over neutral waters.

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After Rowhani claimed that the White House was stricken with “mental retardation,” Trump posted a threat tirade on Twitter use “stunning force” against Iran. The American president accused Iranian leaders of aggressive politics and said that they are not aware of today's realities.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said any airstrikes on Iran from the US due attacks on oil facilities in saudi arabia will lead to "Total war".

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