Trump Sanctions Iran Central Bank, SWF, Cuts Off ‘All Source Of Funds’ For Country
"If I may intercede for just a second", Donald Trump said, while seated with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison at the White House on Friday.
The US president interrupted perfunctory media availability with his Australian counterpart to announce new sanctions on Iran, which he teased earlier this week.
The US, Trump said, has now sanctioned Iran National Bank and the sovereign wealth fund. "We have just sanctioned the Iranian National Bank — that is their central banking system — a
They keep on adding pressure like this and I am going to think that what they were doing before wasn’t maximum pressure.
Trump also announced that Iran is now on double secret probation.
So they are
I certainly prefer sanctions such as these to military attacks so sought after by War Secretary Pompus, Senator Graham, and most neocon hawks. Military strikes universally rally the populace of the attacked country around their leaders. Economic sanctions draw ire against the imposing country, but it allows the populace to still distrust their own government, and allows the imposed upon government some behind the scenes options.