Trump pulls sanctions against Iran

The United States wants to hit Iran from Monday with the worst economic sanctions in history. "The United States has launched a campaign of economic pressure to deprive the regime of necessary revenues for its bloody program," said today the President of the United States, Donald Trump. In addition, he published a photo of himself on Twitter with the words "The sanctions come" – the choice of words and the font are inspired by the fantastic series "Game of Thrones".

In social networks, the tweet provoked ridicule. And the American television channel HBO, which produces "Game of Thrones", is not particularly enthusiastic about attempts to imitate the White House.

Regret in Europe

Europe regretted the pace of the USA. "We deeply regret the reinstatement of sanctions by the United States following the withdrawal of the United States from the joint Global Action Plan (the Nuclear Agreement)," said the Chief of Policy. Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini and Foreign Ministers Jean-Yves Le Drian (France), Heiko Maas (Germany) and Jeremy Hunt (United Kingdom), as well as German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz , and his British colleague Philip Hammond.

Iran is not worried, according to the Foreign Ministry in Tehran. "We have prepared for these sanctions in advance and so there is nothing to worry about," Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram said today. Ghbademi on Iranian television. The Iranian people are not intimidated.

Exceptional rules for eight countries

Trump announced in May the US withdrawal from the nuclear deal. In total, more than 700 organizations, individuals, ships and planes are involved. However, there should be exemptions for eight countries. Among them, according to Japanese, South Korean and Indian media, the details will be released Monday.

Above all, the reinstatement of sanctions, initially exposed to the 2015 nuclear agreement, should take into account the oil industry, but also the financial sector and the transport sector with the major ports. The sanctions were already working even before being reinstated, said Foreign Minister Mike Pompeo. Iranian oil exports have already decreased by about one million barrels (159 liters each).