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WASHINGTON — The Trump administration opened another major front in its economic campaign against Tehran on Tuesday, imposing sweeping sanctions across Iran’s aviation industry and warning foreign banks and companies that continued business with sanctioned Iranian airlines could cost them access to the American financial system. The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned 36 targets, including 27 Iranian airlines, as part of what the administration c

WASHINGTON — Another commercial tanker has been struck in the Strait of Hormuz as President Donald Trump reinforces American military power in the Middle East, underscoring the danger still hanging over one of the world's most important shipping routes even as regional governments scramble for a diplomatic breakthrough. The latest incident involved a tanker hit by an unknown projectile near Oman. The strike sparked a fire aboard the vessel, but the blaze was extinguished and

WASHINGTON — Iran spent years learning how to survive Western sanctions. President Donald Trump is now attempting something far more aggressive: forcing the countries that keep Tehran connected to the global economy to choose between doing business with Iran and maintaining access to American financial power. The pressure campaign is already exposing Iran’s vulnerability. The United Arab Emirates, one of Iran’s most important commercial partners and a crucial gateway for impo

WASHINGTON — The battle over the Strait of Hormuz is entering a dangerous new phase, with Iran attempting to shut military vessels out of one of the world’s most strategically important waterways just as President Donald Trump unleashes a sweeping new campaign to economically isolate Tehran. Iran and Oman have reached an understanding on a proposed framework for managing traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said, with Tehran

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that mines have been removed or destroyed from international waters in the Strait of Hormuz, declaring a major U.S. maritime operation complete while issuing a direct warning to Iran against attempting to mine the strategic waterway again. Trump said the United States is maintaining intensive surveillance over the strait and has adopted a zero-tolerance posture toward any renewed Iranian mine-laying activity. He warned that ves

WASHINGTON — The United States opened a powerful new front against Iran on Monday, launching an unprecedented financial campaign designed to isolate Tehran from the global economy and force governments and businesses around the world to choose between dealing with the Iranian regime or maintaining access to America's financial system. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced Operation Economic Outcast, describing the campaign as an effort to sever the financial networks tha

WASHINGTON DC — The Trump administration is preparing to unleash a sweeping new economic offensive against Iran, shifting the weight of American power toward the financial networks, oil routes and foreign commercial relationships that continue to keep Tehran connected to the world economy. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent described the coming campaign as an “economic D-Day,” saying the United States is entering what he called the “endgame” of its confrontation with the Irania