US sanctions on Iran target steel, iron, Al, Cu exports

摘要

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday last to impose sanctions on Iran's iron, steel, aluminium, and copper sectors - which he described in a statement as "the regime's largest non-petroleum-related sources of export revenue." Citing his decision a year ago to cease US participation "in the horrible, one-sided Iran nuclear deal," Trump added that his latest order "targets Iran's revenue from the export of industrial metals - 10% of its export economy - and puts other nations on notice that allowing Iranian steel and other metals into your ports will no longer be tolerated."