Kerry Beitzoff, a former U.S. Treasury Department official, says that the new campaign of Washington to economically isolate the Islamic Republic differs from previous sanctions in that it targets the vital arteries of the Islamic Republic’s economy. According to him, the United States is now focusing more on enforcing existing sanctions and persuading other countries to comply with them than on imposing new ones. He emphasizes that these actions send a clear message to the officials of the Islamic Republic that Washington is determined to bring this government to its knees.

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