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Qatar Takes a Hormuz Proposal to Tehran
A temporary shipping corridor and a joint project to clear mines from the strait, as hopes rise that US-Iran dialogue resumes.
With No Friends Left to Burn, Trump Is Running Out of Ammunition
The Iran war has been a strategic disaster. The president is left performing victory to an audience that can see the result.
US Turns Its Full Sanctions Arsenal on Iran's Crypto Economy
Treasury placed Iran's digital-asset sector under the same authority long used against its oil and banking industries — and put foreign exchanges everywhere on notice.
Who Actually Trades With Iran, and Whether Sanctions Can Stop Them
China takes 26.9% of Iranian exports. Turkey and Pakistan share a border with it. The pressure only works if those three comply.
US Opens Iran's Crypto Sector to Broader Sanctions as Bitcoin Tops $80,000
Treasury's Operation Economic Outcast targets nearly 60 people, entities and vessels and threatens Iran's trading partners with the loss of dollar access.
Iran Says It Is 'Fully Prepared' for Washington's 'Economic D-Day'
Bessent promises to tighten the noose around every source of revenue. Tehran says it has had a two-year plan ready and is waiting.
US Reimposes Iranian Port Blockade; Oil Posts Its Biggest Day in Six Years
Brent surged 9.6% to $83.30 after Washington's blockade announcement and Iranian strikes on two tankers in the Strait of Hormuz.