Tag: sanctions

Two London-based political scientists argue the sanctions could backfire, uniting Iran's government against outside pressure while costing the US diplomatic credibility abroad.

Opening the Strait of Hormuz has become the number one U.S. goal.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent named the plan Operation Economic Outcast on Monday and set no timeline or list of countries, and sanctions historian Nicholas Mulder says the reach into Iran's oil buyers puts the U.S.-China trade truce at risk.

NPR's interview with Arturo Sandoval described Cubans as desperate and hopeless without mentioning the 67-year embargo, the terrorism designation or the oil blockade behind it.

The interim framework could reopen the Strait of Hormuz and pause a war that killed thousands, but unresolved disputes over sanctions, Iran’s nuclear program, frozen assets, and Israel’s military operations leave the deal vulnerable before it is even signed.

UN human rights chief says U.S. restrictions are driving medicine shortages, food insecurity, and prolonged blackouts while lawmakers warn of a possible new conflict in the Caribbean.

As Washington and Tehran discuss a possible framework to end nearly three months of conflict, new military exchanges, competing narratives, and disagreements over sanctions, regional security, and Israel’s role reveal how fragile any potential agreement remains.

This war on Venezuela has been two decades in the making.

President Trump’s order to block sanctioned oil tankers near Venezuela escalates military tensions, raises constitutional and international law concerns, and jolts global oil markets.

UN experts denounce “extrajudicial executions” as Colombia recalls its ambassador and the U.S. masses ships and troops near Venezuela.