Iran Defies New US Sanctions as Trump Threatens Economic Consequences for Allies

Six months after American and Israeli airstrikes opened a war with no declared end, the United States and Iran find themselves locked in a mutual siege — one side wielding economic suffocation, the other projecting defiant resilience. Washington prepares what it calls its most severe sanctions in history, targeting not only Tehran but any nation that sustains it, while Iran controls the narrow passage through which a fifth of the world's oil once flowed freely. Neither side has moved toward the negotiating table, and the human cost — measured in thousands of lives, stranded sailors, and childr