# War on Iran: Trump announces new campaign to isolate Iran economically

https://mins.news/en/item/27340

- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-20 13:14 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/8/20/war-on-iran-trump-announces-a-new-campaign-to-isolate-iran-economically?traffic_source=rss

> US President Donald Trump has unveiled a campaign to economically isolate Iran and punish countries that trade with it, describing it as the “most crushing economic operation ever taken against any country”.

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