# US economic D-Day sanctions: 'Repeated bombing attacks across Iran failed to change the calculus'

https://mins.news/en/video/31687

- France 24 English, 2026-08-25 13:44 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPHgrkq2-PI

> Atlantic Council Deputy Director and Resident Fellow Imran Bayoumi says the Trump administration’s new sanctions strategy toward Iran seeks economic leverage after military force failed to produce results. Its impact depends on unresolved assumptions, particularly whether Washington can make China, Iran’s biggest oil customer, comply despite Beijing’s growing economic resilience.

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