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Trump Admin Continues Suffocating Iran as LNG Exports Are Blocked

President Donald Trump continues pressuring Iran amidst ongoing negotiations over the latter’s nuclear weapons development programs. 

President Trump recently began negotiations with Iran to halt their development of nuclear weapons.

The negotiations began as Trump directed the White House to execute a “maximum pressure” campaign against Iran.

Since then, the Trump administration has leveraged American diplomatic, economic, and military superiority to deter Iran from perpetrating destabilizing activity across the globe. 

The latest deterrence tactic from the Trump administration recently unfolded as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced sanctions against Iranian individuals and companies responsible for hundreds of millions of dollars worth of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports. 

Secretary Bessent directed sanctions against Iran-based Seyed Asadoollah Emamjomeh and his corporate network.

Emamjomeh’s LNG exports have allegedly contributed to financing Iran’s nuclear programs and allied terrorist groups such as Hizballah, the Houthis, and Hamas. 

“Emamjomeh and his network sought to export thousands of shipments of LPG—including from the United States—to evade U.S. sanctions and generate revenue for Iran,” said Bessent. 

Bessent was referring to a failed attempt by Emamjomeh to load one of his LNG cargo ships at a port in Houston, Texas. 

“The United States remains committed to holding accountable those who seek to provide the Iranian regime with the funding it needs to further its destabilizing activities in the region and around the world,” continued Bessent. 

Sanctions on Emamjomeh and his intricate web of LNG export businesses entail the complete freeze of all his assets under US jurisdiction.

Ambassador and Middle Eastern Envoy Steve Witkoff has been helping lead the US delegation’s negotiations with Iran, which the latest reports describe as progressing well. 

Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi, who is leading Iran’s negotiations with the US, projected optimism and satisfaction with the “relatively positive atmosphere” of the negotiations thus far. 

“For now, optimism may be warranted but only with a great deal of caution,” said Foreign Minister Araghchi.

Mateo Guillamont

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