US Puts All-Out Pressure on Iran... 'High-Intensity Economic Sanctions Next Week'

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The United States has announced that it will unveil high-intensity economic sanctions against Iran next week. Analysts suggest that the U.S. has shifted its focus to economic pressure due to the burden of prolonged military strikes.

This is reported by correspondent Kim Hyunwoo from New York.

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U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated during a broadcast interview that new measures targeting Iran will be announced.

He stated that powerful economic sanctions will be introduced next week, aiming to further isolate Iran economically through measures never before seen in history.

[Scott Bessent / U.S. Treasury Secretary: Alongside powerful economic isolation unlike anything the world has ever seen, the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz will continue, completely cutting off all supplies moving in and out of Iranian ports.]

However, Secretary Bessent did not disclose the specific details of what the sanctions would entail.

Last weekend, President Trump also remarked, "We are watching a money-less Iran," and "Iran is in a very difficult economic situation." Many interpreted these remarks as a sign of intent to focus on economic pressure.

Analysts suggest that the U.S. shifted its direction toward intensifying economic pressure because it felt burdened by continuing military strikes.

Local reports have continued to emerge indicating that as the war drags on, the U.S. military's stockpile of core ammunition has dropped to dangerously low levels, and a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier operating off the coast of Iran has also reached its operational limits.

Meanwhile, the U.S. Central Command, which oversees American forces in the Middle East, announced that it has initiated work to establish a multinational attack drone unit.

U.S. military media outlets analyzed that the introduction of attack drones could help alleviate the consumption burden on long-range strike weapons.

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