Donald Trump’s options for increasing economic pressure on Iran

As the Donald Trump administration seeks strategies to increase economic pressure on Iran, analysts are evaluating various options available to Washington. For decades, the United States, the United Nations, and the European Union have imposed extensive sanctions, implemented trade embargoes, and frozen Iranian assets in response to the country's nuclear program and human rights violations. This report examines the tools available to the Trump administration to continue or intensify these policies. Meanwhile, an image of Donald Trump alongside Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent during the launch of Trump investment accounts at the White House highlights the administration's focus on economic policy.