Shafaq News/ US President DonaldTrump has escalated the Maximum Pressure campaign against Iran, issuing amemorandum aimed at halting Tehran's nuclear ambitions, ballistic missiledevelopment, and support for regional groups.
The move reflects the USgovernment’s sustained efforts aimed at “denying Iran all paths to a nuclearweapon, and countering Iran’s malign influence,” according to the memorandumsigned by the president.
Trump's administration continued totarget Iran’s role as a state sponsor of “terrorism,” citing its support for someregional forces. "Iran remains the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorand has aided Hezbollah, Hamas, the Houthis, the Taliban, al-Qa’ida, and otherterrorist networks," Trump stated, emphasizing the gravity of Iran'sregional and global influence.
The memorandum addressed Iran’s useof proxies and cyber tactics to allegedly target US citizens worldwide, withTehran’s involvement in the Hamas actions in October 2023 being directly linkedto its broader support for “terrorism.” The US also raised concerns about Houthimissile strikes against Israel and its maritime attacks on US Navy vessels andinternational shipping in the Red Sea.
Central to the memorandum was thedrive to thwart Iran’s nuclear program, with Trump reaffirming the US positionthat "a radical regime like this can never be allowed to acquire ordevelop nuclear weapons." Iran’s alleged violations of the NuclearNon-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and its obstruction of inspections by theInternational Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) were central points of concern, as theUS aimed to deny Iran any means of developing a nuclear weapon, with Trumpcalling for an end to Tehran's "nuclear extortion racket."
To enforce these objectives, the USTreasury Department was instructed to ramp up sanctions on individuals andentities tied to Iran’s nuclear and “terror-related” activities, ensuring thatIran and its proxies are denied access to the resources fueling theiroperations. "We must deny Iran all paths to a nuclear weapon and end theregime’s nuclear extortion racket," Trump emphasized.
The State Department was also taskedwith ensuring that the “Iraqi financial system is not utilized by Iran forsanctions evasion or circumvention, and that Gulf countries are not used assanctions evasion transshipment points.”
The US maintained its stance to curbIranian oil exports, aiming to reduce Tehran’s revenue, including crude exportsto China. The memorandum also targeted Iran’s Chabahar port project and othereconomic channels that could reportedly enable Tehran to evade sanctions.
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