The Trump administration has sanctioned 35 individuals for laundering money for Iran as tensions rise over potential IAEA non-compliance resolution. State Department spokespersons emphasized that the network has laundered billions of dollars through Iranian exchange houses and foreign front companies to sustain Tehran’s campaigns of terror and line the pockets of regime elites. Meanwhile, Western powers consider a resolution at the IAEA to declare Tehran in non-compliance with its nuclear obligations, with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi branding it a ‘strategic mistake.’ The draft resolution, expected to be introduced next week, would mark the first time in two decades that Western nations bring such a motion against Iran.
As U.S. and Iranian negotiators engage in fragile talks, voices from within Iran reveal a grim paradox: while many citizens desperately seek relief from crushing economic hardship, they fear any deal may only tighten the Islamic Republic’s grip on power.