SÃO PAULO, SP (FOLHAPRESS) - Iran mocked this Thursday (20) the "unprecedented economic war" announced by Donald Trump the day before. Tehran stood firm in the face of pressure and classified the American president's move as a "failed policy."
Iran mocks Trump and calls US economic war a 'failed policy'
SÃO PAULO, SP (FOLHAPRESS) - Iran mocked this Thursday (20) the "unprecedented economic war" announced by Donald Trump the day before. Tehran stood firm in the face of pressure and classified the American president's move as a "failed...
Trump announced on Wednesday (19) that he will conduct an "unprecedented economic war" against Iran, and threatened, in vague terms, countries that "offer any type of financial salvation" to the Persian regime. "No one gave the Islamic Republic of Iran more of a chance to reach a deal than I did.
- Tragically for them, they didn't take advantage.
- That's why I'm announcing the most crushing economic operation ever undertaken against any country," Trump wrote on his social media site, Truth Social.
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For the Chancellor of the Islamic Republic, Abbas Araghchi, the plan announced by the republican aims to "distract from the United States' own crisis." "Doubling down on a failed policy will bring you a new defeat and the enmity of the Iranians," the minister wrote in a post on the social network X.
Trump announced on Wednesday (19) that he will conduct an "unprecedented economic war" against Iran, and threatened, in vague terms, countries that "offer any type of financial salvation" to the Persian regime.
"No one gave the Islamic Republic of Iran more of a chance to reach a deal than I did. Tragically for them, they didn't take advantage. That's why I'm announcing the most crushing economic operation ever undertaken against any country," Trump wrote on his social media site, Truth Social.
"Their Navy is gone, the Air Force has been destroyed, their military factories are rubble, their currency is worthless, and the country is hanging on by a thread."
There are no indications, however, that the Iranian economy is close to a complete collapse or a crisis much greater than the one that already existed before the war, caused by years of heavy US and European sanctions.
Furthermore, despite the destruction of its ships and warplanes, Tehran remains capable of threatening neighboring countries and ships trying to cross the Strait of Hormuz with ballistic missiles and drones.
"I also declare today that any country that allows its financial institutions, companies, airports or government agencies to provide economic lifeline to Iran will suffer immense economic consequences," Trump threatened.
It is not clear whether the American president is referring to Iran's closest allies, such as Russia and China, or to the Islamic Republic's trading partners in general, a group that includes Brazil - which mainly exports corn and soybeans to the Persian country - and also US allies, such as Turkey, India and Pakistan.
The economic threat occurs at a time of stagnation in diplomatic negotiations. Furthermore, Trump is under pressure from American public opinion, global energy markets and allies in the Middle East to find a way to end the war that began in February this year.
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