Trump administration imposes first Iran sanctions since taking office

The Iranian regime remains focused on leveraging its oil revenues to fund the development of its nuclear program, to produce its deadly ballistic missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles, and to support its regional terrorist proxy groups,

Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent said in a statement

Proceeds of these sales support terrorist and proxy groups,

the State Department said

I want Iran to be a great and successful country, but one that cannot have a nuclear weapon,

the US president told reporters on Tuesday

Iran has already made abundantly clear that ‘under no circumstances will Iran ever seek, develop or acquire any nuclear weapons,

Araqchi wrote on X. JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Maryam Rajavimaryam

The regime’s defeats in the region have been severe,

Rajavi said last month at a conference in Paris

I believe if OPEC members are united and work together, the US would not be able to sanction and pressure one of them,

Pezeshkian said at the meeting with al-Ghais, according to Iranian state media

They think that everything we have depends on oil, and they want to stop our oil exports, while there are many ways to neutralise their goals, which we can use to solve our own problems and interact with our neighbours and provide a suitable platform for a dignified life for the people of our country,

he said

Depoliticising the oil market is a vital issue for energy security. Imposing unilateral sanctions against major oil producers and putting pressure on OPEC will destabilise oil and energy markets as well as harm consumers around the world,

Mohsen Paknejad told OPEC Secretary General Haitham Al Ghais

If today some major oil consumers are concerned about oil supply, this is the result of their political actions putting pressure on OPEC+ and pushing for regulatory restrictions on new upstream investments,

he said