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Trump 'Substantially' Increases Iran Sanctions, Blaming Tehran for Saudi Oil
Field Attacks

VOA News

   Pentagon Correspondent Carla Babb, National Security Correspondent Jeff
   Seldin and Katherine Ahn of VOA's Persian Service contributed to this
   report.

   U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday he is "substantially"
   increasing economic sanctions against Iran in the wake of last
   weekend's missile and drone attacks on Saudi Arabia's oil fields that
   Washington says were launched by Tehran.

   Trump, on Twitter, said he had directed Treasury Secretary Steven
   Mnuchin to stiffen existing sanctions against Iran that American
   officials say have already hobbled its economy, but gave no details of
   the new penalties.

     I have just instructed the Secretary of the Treasury to
     substantially increase Sanctions on the country of Iran!
     -- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) [1]September 18, 2019

   Trump's order came as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo traveled Wednesday
   to Jeddah to meet with Saudi officials on how to respond to the attack
   that knocked out half of the Saudis' oil production, a hit that
   temporarily cut nearly 6% of the global oil supply.

References

   1. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1174305447513186304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

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