Iran Must Plan to Overcome U.S. Sanctions After Trump’s ‘Economic D-Day’ Threats, Tehran Official Says
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Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, lead negotiator in talks with Washington, made the comments after President Trump vowed an “economic D-Day” against Iran.
Listen · 6:54 min Share full article 11 In Tehran last month. Before the latest round of sanctions was announced, Iranians were already contending with sky-high inflation and other economic hardships. Credit... Arash Khamooshi/Polaris for The New York Times By Aurelien Breeden
“We must plan for the unjust sanctions so that we can overcome them,” the Iranian official, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf , who is the lead negotiator in talks with the United States, told a gathering of Iranian and Iraqi business representatives in Baghdad, according to a post on his social media channel .
He did not elaborate on how Iran might circumvent further sanctions, after President Trump promised this week to hit the country with an “economic D-Day.” Yet as Tehran braces for the potential for more conflict , Mr. Ghalibaf’s comment was one of the most direct acknowledgments from Tehran in recent days that sanctions were hurting and needed to be managed.
The United States has already imposed debilitating sanctions on Iran’s economy and leadership, and the Trump administration has previously imposed sanctions on foreign businesses and organizations that trade with Tehran. But Washington suggested this week that officials were preparing measures to target countries that buy Iranian oil .
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who is expected to detail the new measures at a news conference on Monday, wrote on social media on Thursday evening, “Any remaining tie to Tehran will hasten a nation’s economic oblivion, whether that tie be purposefully constructed or willfully ignored.”
Iran has weathered decades of U.S. sanctions since the 1979 revolution that brought the Islamic republic to power, by trying to diversify its economy , developing smuggling routes, and finding new markets, especially for oil.
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