US Treasury Hits Iran With New Sanctions Round

💰 TREASURY — New Iran sanctions land the same week Doha added Beijing to the table. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Fresh US sanctions while China co-mediates signals Washington refuses to soften its economic posture as a negotiating gesture. Treasury tightening now forecloses the goodwill Tehran needs to justify talks domestically. Beijing reads it as Washington undercutting the process it just allowed. The sanctions are the answer to Qatar-China mediation: engagement on US terms, or not at all.