# Can America’s renewed sanctions successfully pressure Iran’s regime?

https://mins.news/en/item/32732

- BBC Chinese, 2026-08-26 07:35 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/articles/ckg8v11revgo/trad?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called new sanctions on digital assets, technology, gold, aviation and shipping an “economic D-Day” and threatened broader secondary sanctions. An Iranian minister dismissed them as recycled measures. Sanctions have worsened Iran’s export, import and currency problems, but their impact depends on whether channels involving China and neighboring states are cut off.

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