US increases pressure on Iran with sanctions targeting aviation sector
Trump administration has sought to isolate Tehran through a raft of measures meant to squeeze the country's economy.
The United States has put forward a new package of sanctions targeting Iran’s aviation sector, as the administration of President Donald Trump seeks to ratchet up economic pressure on Tehran.
On Tuesday, the US Treasury Department announced 36 Iran-related sanctions on commercial and private airlines, part of an effort to isolate Iran dubbed “Operation Economic Outcast”.
The penalties expand existing sanctions on the privately owned Iranian airline Mahan Air, while targeting other Iran-based aviation companies, as well as firms that provide them with services.
Bessent said the project would amount to the “toughest sanctions in history“. Still, the fighting has continued.