An anti-US billboard in southern Tehran with a picture of Trump after announcing he would impose sanctions against Iran
Afrasianet - Dr. Mohamed Ayyash - U.S. President Donald Trump blames the American presidents who witnessed the Iranian coup period, and his acceptance and dealt with it, for the historic and catastrophic mistake, and he is now correcting history and promising the American nation absolute victory.
In this context, former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stated, in March 2019, during an interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN)in Jerusalem, that he believes as a Christian that it is "very possible" that God sent Trump to protect Israel and confront the Iranian threat, likening this to the biblical story of Queen Esther.
With the expiration of the 60-day deadline, the Monday before the last, and the recognition of the Strait of Hormuz as American territory, and Trump's announcement of the closure of the negotiation channels and his determination not to extend the truce.
He returns to the policy of his predecessors, whom he criticized as traitors and cowards, by imposing economic sanctions and continuing the suffocating blockade, but this time with "sharp teeth," with executive orders from Treasury Secretary Scott Besant and his seriousness to enforce.
The law imposes sanctions on companies and individuals (U.S. or foreign) who invest more than $20 million annually in the oil and gas sectors of Iran and Libya, with the aim of preventing Tripoli and Tehran from developing their capabilities.
The chance of impact of current economic sanctions depends on how comprehensive their application is and their targeting of financial circumvention networks and third parties such as Russia and China. Although it has put severe pressure on the currency and the economy, Tehran's ability to adapt may impede rapid radical change.
"Washington is based on previous legislation that criminalizes the financing of IRGC-funded activities, denying it access to the dollar system and remittances"
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The most prominent laws and similar sanctions are the Cuban Trade Embargo Act (the Helms-Burton Act), which imposes secondary sanctions on foreign companies that invest in confiscated property belonging to Americans in Cuba.
The SFTSA law targets companies and individuals dealing with the defense and intelligence sectors in Russia, Iran, and North Korea.
The snapback mechanism is a U.S. and UN package aimed at reimposing comprehensive international and banking sanctions and excluding Iranian banks from the global financial system.
Sanctions on the Venezuelan energy sector, Financial and trade embargo measures aimed at preventing international companies from buying Venezuelan oil and doing business with the national oil company.
Sanctions similar to D'Amato's Act are secondary sanctions, punishing any company in the world that does business with the target country even if it does not use the U.S. financial system.
Focus on the backbone of the economy such as oil, gas, banks, and sea and land shipping ports. Forcing allies and trading partners (such as European or Asian countries) to choose between the U.S. market or trade with the sanctioned country.
Washington's pursuit of "the most severe sanctions" aimed at isolating Tehran economically and restricting its resources. Besieging oil financing channels and foreign entities and companies that support Iran by raising the cost of cooperation with it.
A possible decline in Iranian oil shipments going abroad if controls on ports and refineries are tightened. Iran's resort to unconventional channels and a "shadow fleet" to transport and market oil.
The depth of trade with China, Tehran's heavy dependence on the Chinese market for the discharge of most of its oil exports, which makes its effectiveness linked to the extent of Washington's hostility to Beijing.
Iraq is considered the lung, and the visit of Speaker of Parliament Mohammad Qalibaf marks a historic turning point in the face of sanctions.
The United States is basing harsh economic sanctions on Iran on a combination of strategic and political reasons, supported by domestic legislative and executive bonds and laws that give the administration broad powers to isolate financially and impose trade restrictions.
Preventing Iran from developing or possessing nuclear capabilities and weapons that pose a threat to the security of the United States and its allies, accusing Tehran of supporting allied regional groups and actors and attacking U.S. interests and adversaries in the Middle East, countering Iran's military missile program and the threat it poses to international peace and security, using sanctions as a key leverage to force the Iranian leadership to change its external behavior or acquiesce to comprehensive negotiated settlements without resorting to extensive military action on the ground.
The International Economic Agency (IEEPA) grants the US president broad exceptional powers to declare a "national emergency" in the face of any external threat emanating from a foreign country, which is the legal basis for most presidential executive orders to impose sanctions, asset freezes, and trade bans, issued directly from the White House to activate comprehensive and secondary sanctions packages targeting the energy, oil, banking, and anyone who does business with Tehran, whether foreign individuals or entities.
Washington is based on previous legislation that criminalizes the financing of activities entrusted to the IRGC or entities on U.S. terrorist lists, and denies them access to the dollar system and global financial transfers.
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Dr. Mohamed Ayyash - Palestinian writer and political researcher.
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