United States imposed new sanctions on Iran, what is the game behind?
The US-Iran military conflict eased slightly, and economic sanctions followed. At a press conference on the evening of the 10th, US Treasury Secretary Mnuchin said that the United States would impose sanctions on the Iranian regime because of Iran ’s attacks on US coalition forces. US sanctions on Iran include manufacturing, textiles, mining, and other industries in the Iranian economy. The current economic sanctions on Iran are effective. Without these sanctions, Iran will get more funding and make the region more unstable.At the same time, the US Treasury Secretary announced sanctions against 17 large Iranian steel makers and mining companies, as well as sanctions against eight senior Iranian government officials. Mnuchin declared that this would cost the Iranian regime hundreds of millions of dollars. However, facing the possibility that Ukrainian passenger planes could be shot down by Iranian missiles recently, Mnuchin declared that the United States would grant sanctions exemption to those involved in the investigation of the Iranian crash.
According to information, when Iran used a missile to attack a U.S. military base, a passenger plane in Ukraine flying to Kibu was likely to be accidentally hit by an Iranian missile. All 176 people on board were killed. In this regard, the United States believes that this is another fault of Iran. However, Iran has denied the matter and hinted that it may take "one to two years" to complete the investigation of the aircraft.
Affected by a new round of sanctions imposed by the United States on Iran, the three major US stock indexes opened higher and lowered overnight. The record opened a record high. In the early trading, the Dow even reached the 29000 mark for the first time and then fell. At the close, the Dow fell 133.13 points, or 0.46%, to 28823.77 points; the S & P 500 index fell 9.35 points, or 0.29%, to close at 3265.35 points; the Nasdaq fell 24.56 points, or 0.27%, to 9178.86 points.
The question is now, why did the United States not fight back against Iranian missile attacks on U.S. military bases, but adopted tougher economic sanctions? First, if the United States takes military action against Iran and Iran retaliates against US bases in the Gulf, the two countries will fall into an endless battle. In the end, Iran will lose, but the United States will have to pay a corresponding price.
The limited tolerance of Iran's military strike and the use of tougher economic sanctions to suppress it are the best means. This will cause less damage to the United States, but the actual results will be very good. The United States has no intention of occupying Iran through military means, but the United States hopes that Iran's civil strife will subvert the Khamenei regime. At present, the Iranian economy is already in recession and cannot withstand long-term severe economic sanctions.
Furthermore, the rocket fired by Iran this time is likely to accidentally hit a Ukrainian civil airliner. Now all countries in the world have suspended Iranian flights indefinitely. This has undoubtedly worsened Iran because Iran originally hoped to break it. The U.S. blockade, personnel exchanges with the international community, and capital flows have now led to a more isolated result by accidentally hitting Ukrainian civil aircraft. And it takes at least one to two years to find out the truth, which puts Iran in a more comprehensive blockade situation.
Finally, if the United States fights back against Iran, Iran will certainly not be able to withstand the blow, but this will make Americans feel that Trump likes to abuse force. It is estimated that it will be difficult for Trump to be re-elected as the next presidential vote. However, this time it was the United States that possessed a strong military force but did not fight back, bringing both sides down. This allowed Trump to suppress Iran's economy through economic sanctions and force Iran to abandon nuclear weapons through diplomatic negotiations. If Iran can choose to abandon the idea of possessing nuclear weapons, the United States could then lift economic sanctions on Iran.
After Iran’s missile strike, the United States ca n’t wait to introduce economic sanctions, and the house leaks have been raining overnight. A Ukrainian civilian airliner was destroyed over Iran. From the US ’s point of view, military strikes against Iran are the next best thing. Strict economic sanctions are more cost-effective measures. In the future, the United States will conduct a comprehensive blockade of Iran in the economic field to force Iran to return to the negotiating table for a complete nuclear abandonment. As long as Iran abandons the development of nuclear weapons, US economic sanctions will gradually be relaxed