Iran sanctions and economic pressure doomed to fail, says Araghchi

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has declared that new sanctions and economic pressure on Iran are destined to fail, drawing from prior experiences with such measures. On the X platform, Araghchi wrote that fourteen years ago, the United States deemed the sanctions imposed on Iran as the most crippling in history, yet they failed to achieve their intended impact.

Eight years ago, the US launched a maximum pressure policy, which also proved unsuccessful. Five months ago, the US spoke of unconditional surrender, a claim that too has met its match. Araghchi further stated, "We have seen this movie before. It's the same nonsense, only the bullies have changed." The foreign minister's assessment comes in the wake of former US President Donald Trump describing the new campaign as an economic D-Day, urging US allies to join forces with Washington to "isolate and defeat the Iranian threat."