Trump’s Iran Gamble: Will It Backfire? | The Global Story

Aug 27, 2026 | There have been a lot of sanctions programmes against Iran. But this week US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced Operation Economic Outcast, which promises to go further than ever before. It will punish not just Iran but any country helping Iran - including China. It is the Trump administration’s latest attempt to end the war. Will it work? We speak to Vali Nasr, professor of international affairs and Middle East studies at Johns Hopkins University, and ask whether in trying to end one war, President Trump risks starting a global trade conflict.

China Hits Out at 'Illegal' US Sanctions on Iran and Trading Partners | BBC News

Aug 26, 2026 | China has vowed to protect its interests after the US announced plans to widen economic sanctions against Iran and its trading partners, which include Beijing.

Foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian said China was firmly opposed to what it called "illegal unilateral sanctions" and would take "all necessary measures" to safeguard its rights.

US President Donald Trump has said that the US Navy has removed or detonated all mines in the Strait of Hormuz.

Pakistan say talks with Iranian leaders on the path to peace are making progress.

Les États-Unis annoncent une nouvelle salve de sanctions contre Cuba et maintiennent leur pression maximale sur l’île

Cette capture d'écran de Marco Rubio est une image figée extraite de la vidéo qui accompagne cet article du Figaro. | États-Unis : le secrétaire d'État américain annonce une nouvelle série de sanctions contre Cuba. LE FIGARO : Ces entités, principalement dans les secteurs minier et métallurgique, « soutiennent l’appareil répressif du régime en exerçant un contrôle sur des secteurs économiques clés », a indiqué le secrétaire d’État américain, Marco Rubio, dans un communiqué.

Les États-Unis ont annoncé jeudi une nouvelle salve de sanctions contre Cuba, visant notamment neuf entités dont le ministère de la Construction, et maintiennent leur pression maximale sur l'île communiste dont l'économie est aux abois. Ces entités, principalement dans les secteurs minier et métallurgique, « soutiennent l'appareil répressif du régime en exerçant un contrôle sur des secteurs économiques clés », a indiqué le secrétaire d'État américain, Marco Rubio, dans un communiqué. » | Par Le États-Unis : le secrétaire d'État américain annonce une nouvelle série de sanctions contre CubaFigaro avec AFP | vendredi 21 août 2026

Encore des sanctions contre Cuba ? Le régime Trump n'a-t-il pas déjà causé assez de tort à Cuba et aux Cubains ? N'ont-ils pas infligé assez de souffrances ? Quelle bande de sadiques ! Ce régime ne cesse de parler de christianisme, mais ce ne sont ni Jésus-Christ ni Dieu qu'ils vénèrent, c'est Satan ! — © Mark Alexander

Life under US Sanctions in Iran: Living with Economic Pressure | SLICE | Full Documentary

Mar 25, 2026 | November 1979: The United States impose their first embargo on Iran in response to staff at their embassy in Tehran being taken hostage.

Today, relationships between Tehran and Washington continue to deteriorate and the Iranian economy is suffering under the weight of US sanctions. Inflation, unemployment, trafficking of medicines, and ration coupons – the Iranian people are paying a heavy price. But how do the Iranians survive under the heavy burden of this embargo? And just who is benefiting from it?

From Washington to Tehran, via Brussels, Paris, and Tel Aviv, this geopolitical documentary takes us behind the scenes of this shadow war and retrace the deployment of the US sanctions on Iran since they began.

With testimony from political leaders and economics experts from Europe, Iran, and America, along with extensive archive footage, this film questions the political effectiveness of these sanctions and reveals the input they are having on diplomacy and trade today.

Documentary: Embargo, Iran and the Sanctions
Directed by: Magali Serre
Production: ARTLINE PRODUCTION (2020)

Les Etats-Unis renforcent leur arsenal de sanctions contre la Russie, en misant sur le temps long

LE MONDE : Après deux ans de guerre en Ukraine, la Maison Blanche a rendu publique une liste de 500 nouveaux noms de personnes ou d’entreprises russes mises à l’index, auxquelles s’ajoutent 26 entités et individus dans 11 pays, qui ont contribué au contournement des précédentes mesures.

Joe Biden rencontre Ioulia Navalnaïa, veuve du chef de l’opposition au Kremlin, Alexeï Navalny, décédé le 16 février dans une prison russe, et sa fille, Dasha, à San Francisco, en Californie, le 22 février 2024. HANDOUT / AFP
Faute d’armes et de munitions, il reste les sanctions. Confrontée au blocage d’une nouvelle tranche d’aide militaire à l’Ukraine au Congrès, la Maison Blanche a décidé de redoubler de vigueur contre la Russie avec un outil déjà très usité, qui a montré ses limites. Dans un communiqué publié vendredi 23 février, date symbolique marquant le début de l’invasion russe il y a deux ans, le président américain, Joe Biden, a confirmé l’adoption de plus de 500 nouvelles sanctions contre des individus et des entités russes. Au total, depuis 2022, les listes du Trésor et du département d’Etat ont enregistré 4 000 noms. » | Par Piotr Smolar (Washington, correspondant) | vendredi 23 février 2024

Obama among 500 Banned from Russia in Retaliation for US Sanctions

THE GUARDIAN: Moscow also denied consular access to detained journalist as US imposes more punitive measures in response to Ukraine invasion

Former president Barack Obama is one of 500 US citizens banned from Russia in response to the denial of visas to Russian media. Photograph: Valda Kalniņa/EPA
Russia’s foreign ministry has said former President Barack Obama is among 500 US citizens who will be banned in response to the latest round of sanctions announced by Washington.

The ministry also said on Friday that Russia had refused the latest US request for consular access to the detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was arrested in March on suspicion of spying.

This move was triggered by the US refusal last month to give visas to media traveling with the foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, to the United Nations, it said in a statement.

“Washington should have learned a long time ago that not a single hostile attack on Russia will go unpunished,” it added. » | Reuters | Friday, May 19, 2023

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UK Announces Sanctions against Iran’s Morality Police

THE GUARDIAN: Move comes in response to violent suppression of protests over death of Mahsa Amini in police custody

Iran's riot police stand in a street in Tehran, Iran on 3 October. Photograph: Wana News Agency/Reuters
Britain has announced sanctions against Iran’s morality police in its entirety as well as its national chief and the head of its Tehran division in response to the violent suppression of protests since the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody.

The morality police have been responsible for the street patrols forcing women to wear hijab and attend re-education classes on modesty and chastity. Amini was stopped by the morality police over her clothing while walking in a park in Tehran and taken into detention.

Similar sanctions have already been imposed by the US and are set to be imposed by the EU.

Apart from the Iranian morality police as an institution, the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) said sanctions were being slapped on its chief, Mohammed Gachi, and the head of its Tehran division, Haj Ahmad Mirzaei. » | Patrick Wintour, Diplomatic editor | Monday, October 10, 2022

Back in the 1960s, feminists in the West burnt their bras. Iranian women today should do something similar: All Iranian women should burn their hijabs/chadors en masse. Take them all to the public square and just burn them! What can the morality police or authorities do if everyone does the same thing? There’d be no hijabs left in the country to wear! Defy the reactionary old fogies! – © Mark Alexander

Continued Police Violence in Iran, Canada Imposes New Sanctions | DW News

Canada says it will sanction senior members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard and ban them from entering the country. This comes as international pressure grows on Iran over its response to protests triggered by the death of a young woman in police custody.

A coroner in Iran has denied Mahsa Amini was killed by blows she suffered in police detention. But dozens of protesters have been killed in an ensuing crackdown and many more have been arrested.

Since posting this report, it has been age-restricted; therefore, it cannot be embedded. It must be viewed on YouTube itself. Here is a link to it. – Mark
Loosen the vice on the people, for God’s sake! Theocracy? What a joke! If Iran were truly a theocracy, the authorities would never treat women as violently as they so clearly do. And for what? Just for showing a few strands of hair? If this brutal mistreatment of women were truly Allah’s will, He wouldn’t be worthy of being prayed to! Ditto the way that Iranian authorities treat gays. The poor gays of Iran are often put to death.

Iran so clearly needs another revolution; but this time a secular revolution, in order to bring some human rights and decency to the Republic. Sweep the Mullahs away! – © Mark Alexander

The Rouble Is Soaring and Putin Is Stronger Than Ever - Our Sanctions Have Backfired

THE GUARDIAN: Energy prices are rocketing, inflation is soaring and millions are being starved of grain. Surely Johnson knew this would happen?

Western sanctions against Russia are the most ill-conceived and counterproductive policy in recent international history. Military aid to Ukraine is justified, but the economic war is ineffective against the regime in Moscow, and devastating for its unintended targets. World energy prices are rocketing, inflation is soaring, supply chains are chaotic and millions are being starved of gas, grain and fertiliser. Yet Vladimir Putin’s barbarity only escalates – as does his hold over his own people.

To criticize western sanctions is close to anathema. Defence analysts are dumb on the subject. Strategy thinktanks are silent. Britain’s putative leaders, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak, compete in belligerent rhetoric, promising ever tougher sanctions without a word of purpose. Yet, hint at scepticism on the subject and you will be excoriated as “pro-Putin” and anti-Ukraine. Sanctions are the war cry of the west’s crusade.

The reality of sanctions on Russia is that they invite retaliation. Putin is free to freeze Europe this winter. He has slashed supply from major pipelines such as Nord Stream 1 by up to 80%. World oil prices have surged and eastern Europe’s flow of wheat and other foodstuffs to Africa and Asia has been all but suspended.

Britain’s domestic gas bills face tripling inside a year. The chief beneficiary is none other than Russia, whose energy exports to Asia have soared, driving its balance of payments into unprecedented surplus. The rouble is one of the world’s strongest currencies this year, having strengthened since January by nearly 50%. Moscow’s overseas assets have been frozen and its oligarchs have relocated their yachts, but there is no sign that Putin cares. He has no electorate to worry him. » | Simon Jenkins | Friday, January 29, 2022

Embargo sur l’or russe, liste noire actualisée… Les Européens complètent leurs sanctions contre Moscou

LE MONDE : Les nouvelles mesures visent d’abord à rendre plus efficaces les sanctions déjà prises contre la Russie.

Les Européens ont adopté une nouvelle salve de sanctions contre la Russie, jeudi 21 juillet. Contrairement aux six paquets précédents qui, entre autres, prévoient un embargo sur le charbon et le gaz russes, d’ici au mois d’août dans le premier cas et à la fin de l’année dans le second, celle-ci ne contient pas de mesure phare et symbolique. » | Par Virginie Malingre (Bruxelles, bureau européen) | vendredi 22 juillet 2022

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Russia Warns Lithuania of ‘Serious’ Consequences over Rail Blockade

Jun 21, 2022 • Russia has demanded that Lithuania lift its ban on the transit of sanctioned goods by road and rail to the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad - threatening "serious and sensitive consequences" for the Lithuanian people if it doesn't.

Speaking in Kaliningrad, the head of Russia's security council described it as a "hostile action" and warned "retaliatory measures will follow".

Lithuania has insisted there's no blockade and it's simply implementing EU sanctions.


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Russia's Economy: Is It Crumbling or Standing Strong? | DW News

un 10, 2022 • Sanctions against Russia are already having an effect. Prices are already rising, companies are closing and unemployment is rising. Especially in Russian aviation. What is the impact Russia's war against Ukraine is having on the country's industry?

International Sanctions Take Toll on Russian Economy | DW News

May 19, 2022 • The war in Ukraine has prompted huge financial sanctions against Russia. Despite the sanctions the Russian currency is astonishingly strong. Vasily Astrov from the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies says the sanctions take longer to fully unfold.

Life in Russia under Sanctions: Empty Stores, Rising Prices, Personal Tragedy

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Canada Puts Sanctions on Russian Media Tycoon Alexander Lebedev

THE GUARDIAN: Oligarch with links to Boris Johnson among 14 businessmen and associates of Vladimir Putin targeted

Alexander Lebedev finances the Russian opposition newspaper Novaya Gazeta. His son Evgeny owns the UK’s Evening Standard and Independent. Photograph: Alexander Nemenov/AFP/Getty Images
Canada has put sanctions on Alexander Lebedev, the former KGB agent who little more than a decade ago bought the Evening Standard and the Independent.

The Russian billionaire was named in a fresh wave of sanctions against Vladimir Putin’s regime announced on Friday that also included a ban on the import of Russian vodka, diamonds and caviar, according to the Globe and Mail.

Lebedev, whose links to the British prime minister, Boris Johnson, are well documented, has not been subjected to sanctions by the UK.

The Canadian government said the ban on trade in luxury goods and the addition of 14 oligarchs and associates of the Russian president was aligned with similar measures imposed by allies such as the US and the EU, and would “help to mitigate the potential for Russian oligarchs to circumvent restrictions in other luxury goods markets”. » | Miranda Bryant | Saturday, May 21, 2022

Ukraine War: UK Adds Putin's Former Wife to Sanctions List

Lyudmila Ocheretnaya (L) and Alina Kabaeva | GETTY IMAGES
BBC: The UK has imposed sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin's former wife and his alleged current girlfriend over the invasion of Ukraine.

Lyudmila Ocheretnaya, who was married to the president until 2014, and former Olympic gymnast Alina Kabaeva, face UK travel bans and asset freezes.

The UK has now placed more than 1,000 people on its Russian sanctions list.

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said Britain was "tightening the vice" on Mr Putin's "inner circle".

The UK was "exposing and targeting the shady network propping up Putin's luxury lifestyle", she said, and would "keep going with sanctions on all those aiding and abetting Putin's aggression until Ukraine prevails".

Ms Truss said sanctions against Russia should only be lifted when all of its troops had left Ukraine. » | Patrick Jackson, BBC News | Friday, May 13, 2022

Analyst Says Putin Has a Dark Reason for Keeping His Daughters a Secret

Apr 7, 2022 • CNN's Brian Todd speaks to Russian analysts after Western countries placed sanctions on Putin's daughters Mariya Putina and Katerina Tikhonova.

Ukraine War: Chanel Restricts Sales of Goods to Russians Abroad

Models at a Chanel fashion show in Paris | GETTY IMAGES
BBC: French luxury giant Chanel has stopped selling its products to people who intend to take them to Russia, after shutting its stores in the country.

Moscow and some customers have accused the firm of being anti-Russian, and threatened to boycott the brand.

Chanel says it is just complying with European Union (EU) sanctions, which ban the sale to Russia of luxury goods priced at more than €300 ($327; £250).

Many Western firms halted operations in Russia after the Ukraine war started.

Chanel told the BBC that sanctions, imposed by the EU, as well as Switzerland, also prohibit the sale of luxury items to individuals who intend to use them in Russia.

The company said it "complies with all laws applicable to our operations and employees worldwide, including trade sanction laws".

"This is why we have rolled out a process to ask clients for whom we do not know the main residency to confirm that the items they are purchasing will not be used in Russia," Chanel said in a statement. » | BBC | Wednesday, April 6, 2022

Stunning Images inside Russian Grocery Store Show Dire Situation

Apr 2, 2022 • CNN's Matthew Chance reports on the economic situation inside Russia after Western nations imposed crippling economic sanctions in retaliation for Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Panic Buying Sets In as Russians Feel Impact of Sanctions

Mar 30, 2022 • Russians are feeling the impact of international sanctions as inflation pushes the cost of household staples up. CNN's Anna Stewart reports some supermarkets have placed limits on how much customers can buy of certain products.

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