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US unveils new sanction intended to strangle Iran’s economy as conflict drags on; Tehran vows tough response_我的网站

A |     中新社北京8月24日电 8月24日下午，中国国家主席习近平在北京人民大会堂同来华进行国事访问的约旦国王阿卜杜拉二世举行会谈。    

    Drivers queue at a petrol station to refuel in Tehran, on August 25, 2026. Photo: VCG
As military strikes and diplomatic negotiations have both failed to bring an early end to the roughly six‑month‑old US-Iran conflict, Washington rolled out new sanctions against Tehran on Monday local time intended to further strangle its economy. Iran, for its part, has vowed a tougher pushback.
In a news conference on Monday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent threatened new sanctions on countries refusing to cut economic ties with Iran, following recent rhetoric from Washington threatening an "economic D-Day" for Iran. 
Meanwhile, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) under the US Treasury announced secondary sanctions on nearly 60 entities, individuals, and vessels in multiple jurisdictions which, according to the US' claims, enable Iran's activities, including so-called nuclear and missile technology procurement, cyber operations, and oil-revenue generation networks.
According to Reuters, those sanctions targeted businesses in China, the UAE, Singapore and several other countries, including a cooking-oil refinery in France, but did not include any of the Chinese financial institutions suspected of facilitating Iran's oil trade.
In response to US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent laying out plans for economic asphyxiation of Iran, expanding Washington's secondary sanction threats and warning of dire consequences for countries that do not join the campaign, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said at a press briefing on Tuesday that China has made clear on many occasions its firm opposition to illicit unilateral sanctions that have no basis in international law or the authorization of the UN Security Council. 
"Economic warfare and maximum pressure provide no solution. On the contrary, they only serve to fuel tensions and lead to risk spillover, which will disrupt the global economic and financial order, and harm the legitimate rights and interests of other countries," the spokesperson said. 
The pressing task is to facilitate the deescalation of the situation and return to dialogue and negotiation as soon as possible, Lin said, adding that China will do everything necessary to firmly safeguard its rights and interests, Lin added. Lin also said China's cooperation with Iran is conducted within the framework of international law, thus should not be disrupted.
When asked whether China has received any such timeline, as the US stated it would give countries a timeline on when to shut down the actions that it has identified, and how China intends to respond to the relevant announcements by the US Treasury involving China-based entities and individuals, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian stated on Tuesday that China is closely following the developments, and will do everything necessary to firmly safeguard our rights and interests.
In May this year, China's Ministry of Commerce issued a blocking ban prohibiting any recognition, enforcement or compliance with US sanctions imposed on five Chinese companies on the grounds of their alleged involvement in Iranian petroleum transactions.
Relying on its financial hegemony and long‑arm jurisdiction, the US enforces unilateral sanctions with no basis in international law. Such measures severely undermine fundamental consensus for international trade and erode the existing international order, Zhou Mi, senior research fellow at the Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation, told the Global Times on Tuesday.
In essence, Washington is imposing its Iran‑focused policies to enterprises across the globe, compelling third‑party actors to fall in line with its diplomatic objectives, Zhou noted.
The latest sanctions would affect a broader range of countries, industries and firms. They will not only draw wider opposition from the international community, but also boomerang on the interests of US‑owned enterprises, he added. 
Fewer levers left 
"We are launching an economic onslaught against Iran's financial connections around the globe," Bessent claimed at a press conference. "Our objective is to sever every economic lifeline" that sustains the country, he said, according to a Treasury release. 
The US Treasury Department said in a release that the new sectoral sanctions determinations target five critical sectors - digital assets, technology, gold, aviation and shipping - that the US claimed Iran has relied on to support its economy.
US Treasury claimed that "any entity that facilitates money laundering or sanctions evasion on behalf of Iran risks being cut off from the US financial system."
OFAC also suspended several general licenses that previously authorized certain remittance payments to Iran and Iranian access to the US cultural and academic system. The office also issued additional guidance on the so-called sanctions risks of bowing to Iranian demands related to shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
Mohammad Mokhber, an aide to Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, said in an X post on Monday that Iran's response to US sanctions and pressure will be "more decisive than before."
Iranian Economy Minister Ali Madanizadeh said that Tehran "is and was ready," with a two-year plan to counter Washington's new sanctions. He told state television that "it seems they wished to suffer yet another defeat," per an AFP report. 
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf responded in an X post that "the Americans know no one will believe their nonsense," noting that the US is not in a position economically to restrict its relations with other countries. 
Alan Eyre, a distinguished diplomatic fellow at the Middle East Institute, told NBC News that after six months of combat, the US government "has few remaining levers it can use to convince Iran's major trading partners to materially reduce their economic ties."
While Washington's maximum‑pressure campaign may deliver short‑term shocks to Iran's economy, it can hardly "strangle" the country completely, said Liu Zhongmin, a professor at the Middle East Studies Institute of Shanghai International Studies University.
He added that Iran's economic resilience cannot be underestimated. Having borne decades of crippling sanctions from the US and Western nations, Tehran has built substantial experience in sanction‑busting and developed coping mechanisms ranging from basic‑industry self‑reliance and regional trade networks to oil‑for‑goods swaps and non‑US dollar‑denominated trade. Furthermore, the Strait of Hormuz remains a source of strategic leverage for Iran to push back against US pressure.
The expert said that Tehran and Washington are encountering "a battle of wills," and Iran believes the economic costs the US would suffer from a Hormuz blockade would outweigh the damage inflicted on Iran by sanctions.
Washington's "economic strangulation" policy risks ending in failure unless it yields short‑term outcomes, particularly securing the opening of the Strait of Hormuz, Liu added. 
Self-created dilemma
As the US ramps up pressure on Iran, Americans are growing averse to a protracted war.
According to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that closed on Monday, US ‌public approval of the war with Iran fell to its lowest level since the conflict's early days, with just 31 percent of Americans supporting US military action.
On June 18, the US and Iran signed an MoU, under which the two were scheduled to hold negotiations within a period of 60 days, which ended on August 17, to reach a final agreement. However, the talks' fate remains unclear following renewed escalation between the two countries.
Iranian political analyst Mostafa Khoshcheschm told Al Jazeera that the new US sanctions intended to create an "economic onslaught" were a "political show" of intimidation. 
Liu said that by resorting to an "economic strangulation" tactic after miring itself in a fruitless military quagmire over Iran, the US has laid bare its practical predicament and strategic dilemma, and seemingly running out of cards.
Citing sources, CNN reported earlier this month that the US military has exhausted nearly 80 percent of its interceptors for a key missile defense system as senior US military commanders are warning that the Pentagon's munitions stockpile is "dangerously low."
Faced with depleted ammunition stockpiles and insufficient military‑industrial capacity, and amid growing domestic criticism of its Middle East policy, the White House has opted for tough economic measures against Iran, Liu said. "Less costly than military coercion, such moves help Washington strike a tough posture before voters and shun political risks from further military escalation," said the expert.
There is, however, an increasingly obvious paradox in Washington's economic warfare against Iran: the tighter the sanctions, the tighter global energy supplies become, and the higher costs borne by American consumers and businesses, the expert added. 
。         　　习近平指出，中约建交以来，始终相互尊重、平等相待、互利合作，是不同社会制度、不同大小国家合作共赢、交流互鉴的生动写照。2015年，我们共同宣布建立中约战略伙伴关系，开启双边关系发展新篇章。面对变乱交织的国际和地区形势，建设更具内涵、更有活力的中约关系符合两国人民共同期待，也顺应全球南方联合自强的大势。双方要弘扬传统友好，增进战略互信，深化互利合作，密切多边协作，推动中约战略伙伴关系得到更大发展，不断为地区和平、稳定、繁荣作出积极贡献。         　　习近平强调，中方重视约旦在地区的独特和重要作用，坚定支持约旦维护国家主权、安全、发展利益，愿同约方密切政府、政党、立法机构、地方等各层级交往，加强治国理政经验交流。中约合作本质是互利共赢，双方要进一步深化发展战略对接，加强经贸、基础设施建设、交通、矿产等传统领域合作，拓展数字经济、人工智能、绿色能源等新合作增长点，全方位深化教育、文化、科技、旅游等交流，扩大人员往来，增进民心相通。中方愿同约方一道践行四大全球倡议，加强在联合国等多边机构协调和配合，共同维护以联合国为核心的国际体系和以国际法为基础的国际秩序，推动构建人类命运共同体。         　　阿卜杜拉二世表示，中国是一个伟大的国家，在习近平主席领导下取得巨大发展成就，令人钦佩。

B | 约旦和中国建立了强有力的战略伙伴关系，双方始终相互尊重、密切协作，各领域合作取得丰硕成果。约方坚定奉行一个中国政策，认为台湾是中国领土的组成部分。约旦高度重视对华关系，致力于同中国深化经贸、制造、农业、科技、医药、文化、教育等领域合作交流，欢迎更多中国企业赴约旦投资，实现共同发展繁荣。约方高度评价习近平主席提出的四大全球倡议，期待中国在世界舞台上发挥更重要的领导作用。         　　两国元首就中东地区局势交换了意见。习近平强调，中方一贯主张全面停火止战，通过政治外交途径化解争端，认为包括约旦在内地区国家的主权和安全应当得到尊重。巴勒斯坦问题是中东问题的核心，推动解决这一问题应坚持4点原则：一是必须坚持政治解决，锚定“两国方案”这一正确方向，推动巴以重启和谈，实现巴勒斯坦早日独立建国；二是必须坚持“巴人治巴”，巴勒斯坦是所有巴勒斯坦人的家园，应秉持“巴人治巴”原则推进约旦河西岸治理和加沙战后重建；三是必须坚持人道主义，国际社会特别是联合国安理会应该切实负起责任，保护平民安全，确保人道主义援助，制止人道主义灾难；四是必须坚持公平正义，以国际法治为基础，以标本兼治为目标，以务实行动为路径，推动巴勒斯坦问题早日实现全面、公正、持久解决。         　　阿卜杜拉二世表示，约方高度赞赏中方在中东事务中一直秉持公正立场，支持阿拉伯国家正义事业，中方的正义立场对地区国家非常重要。约方愿同中方保持密切沟通，继续为缓和当前局势作出积极努力，让中东各国人民安享和平与繁荣。         　　会谈后，两国元首共同见证签署外交、经贸、产供链、司法等领域多项合作文件。         　　双方发表《中华人民共和国和约旦哈希姆王国关于深化中约战略伙伴关系的联合声明》。

C |          　　会谈前，习近平在人民大会堂北大厅为阿卜杜拉二世举行欢迎仪式。         　　阿卜杜拉二世抵达时，礼兵列队致敬。两国元首登上检阅台，军乐团奏中约两国国歌，天安门广场鸣放礼炮21响。阿卜杜拉二世在习近平陪同下检阅中国人民解放军仪仗队，并观看分列式。         　　当晚，习近平在人民大会堂金色大厅为阿卜杜拉二世举行欢迎宴会。         　　王毅参加上述活动。(完) 【编辑:张子怡】。

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