Maximum pressure campaign refers to the intensified sanctions against Iran by the Trump administration after the United States exited the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in 2018. [1]

1 day ago · On Tuesday, the US president signed a national security presidential memorandum to enforce his restored maximum pressure on Iran policy. The memorandum lacked many details on what “maximum ...

1 day ago · U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Feb. 4 a return to the maximum pressure campaign on Iran, which is meant to starve the regime of cash as a way to curb its regional malfeasance and its ...

2 days ago · President Donald Trump, left, unveiled an executive order reinstating a "maximum pressure" campaign against Iran on Feb. 4, 2025, coinciding with a visit from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ...

2 days ago · On Feb. 4, 2025, President Donald Trump signed a memorandum to impose “maximum pressure” on Iran’s government, deny Tehran all paths to a nuclear weapon, and counter the regime’s malign influence in the Middle East. It is “in the national interest to impose maximum pressure on the Iranian regime to end its nuclear threat, curtail its ballistic missile program, and stop its support ...

2 days ago · It is therefore in the national interest to impose maximum pressure on the Iranian regime to end its nuclear threat, curtail its ballistic missile program, and stop its support for terrorist groups.

2 days ago · Trump reimposes 'maximum pressure' on Iran, aims to drive oil exports ...

2 days ago · U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday restored his "maximum pressure" campaign on Iran that includes efforts to drive its oil exports down to zero in order to stop Tehran from obtaining a nuclear ...

It withdrew from the JCPOA in May 2018, seeking to negotiate a better deal with the Iranians and, over the following 2.5 years, applying “maximum pressure” in hopes of doing so. This effort failed to secure a deal. In 2021, the Biden Administration …

Nov 16, 2024 · Donald Trump’s new administration will revive its “maximum pressure” policy to “bankrupt” Iran’s ability to fund regional proxies and develop nuclear weapons, according to people familiar with...