Geopolitics · Tuesday, 25 August 2026
US announces sweeping new Iran sanctions, warns trading partners worldwide

Washington has announced a sweeping new wave of sanctions on Iran and is warning Tehran's trading partners to sever financial ties or face secondary measures themselves. Iran's security chief has called other countries' support for the new sanctions "an act of war." The move is already rippling through global oil and commodity markets and threatens to push up consumer prices well beyond the Middle East.