Details of the Resumption of Maximum Pressure on the Islamic Republic

On Tuesday, February 5, Donald Trump, the President of the United States, signed an executive order to resume the maximum pressure campaign against the Islamic Republic of Iran, with the full text available on the White House website. The maximum pressure on the Islamic Republic: Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum regarding national security (NSPM) which reinstates maximum pressure on the Islamic Republic of Iran, blocks pathways to nuclear weapons, and counters the destructive influence of the Iranian regime abroad. The memorandum states: The Islamic Republic must be deprived of nuclear weapons and intercontinental ballistic missiles. The terrorist network of the Islamic Republic must be neutralized. The aggressive missile development, as well as other asymmetric and conventional weapon capabilities of the Islamic Republic, must be countered. The presidential memorandum instructs the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury to apply maximum economic pressure on the Iranian regime, including sanctions or enforcement mechanisms against those who violate existing sanctions. The Secretary of the Treasury will also provide guidance for all relevant commercial sectors, including transportation, insurance, and port operators, regarding risks for anyone who knowingly violates U.S. sanctions related to the Islamic Republic or a representative of the Iranian regime's terrorism. The U.S. Secretary of State will also modify or revoke existing sanctions exemptions and will work with the Secretary of the Treasury to implement a campaign aimed at reducing Iranian oil exports to zero. The U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations will collaborate with key allies to fully restore sanctions and international restrictions against the Iranian regime. Protecting the homeland against the Islamic Republic: The era of the previous U.S. administration's appeasement to the threats posed by the Islamic Republic against American citizens and companies is now over. The U.S. Attorney General will pursue all available legal measures to investigate, disrupt, and prosecute financial and logistical networks, agents, or operational groups within the United States supported by the Islamic Republic or a representative of the Iranian regime's terrorism. The Attorney General will prosecute leaders and members of terrorist groups supported by the Iranian regime who have detained, harmed, or killed American citizens and will seek their arrest and extradition to the United States. Eliminating the Islamic Republic's nuclear program: Donald Trump will not tolerate the Islamic Republic's possession of nuclear weapon capabilities and their sustained support for terrorism, especially against U.S. interests. In 2020, Donald Trump declared that 'as long as [he] is President of the United States, the Islamic Republic will never be allowed to have nuclear weapons.' The presidential memorandum regarding national security today acts on that presidential promise from 2020 to counter the destructive influence of the Islamic Republic worldwide: 'For a very long time - precisely since 1979 - countries have tolerated the destructive and destabilizing behavior of the Islamic Republic in the Middle East and beyond. Those days are over. The Iranian regime has been the main supporter of terrorism and their efforts to acquire nuclear weapons threaten the civilized world. We will never allow this to happen.' The Islamic Republic has turned to OPEC to escape U.S. 'maximum pressure.' Trump's National Security Advisor: We have returned to the effective policy of 'maximum pressure.' Trump: I do not want the situation regarding Iran to end in a disastrous way. The dollar at 85,000 tomans; users: Trump's maximum pressure this time is different. Trump called for a new nuclear agreement with the Islamic Republic. The Coalition Against a Nuclear Iran welcomed the return of 'maximum pressure.'