US to intensify economic and military pressure on Iran

The US Treasury secretary said he would unveil restrictions “that have never been seen,” while Washington’s defense chief insisted a naval blockade could be maintained “indefinitely.”

Keeping gas prices low is now the United States’ “goal number one” in the Iran war, Vice President JD Vance has said, as Washington threatened an indefinite naval blockade and signaled it would soon intensify economic pressure on Tehran.