The purpose of the new US sanctions against Iran is to "create conditions under which they will be willing to sit at the negotiating table," said the US Secretary of the Treasury in an interview with CNBC:
Previously, in a conversation with reporters, Scott Besant stated that Iran is taking the US sanctions seriously and is now responding aggressively as it suffers economic losses as a result:
"I think they are taking military measures because they are incurring economic losses," he told reporters at the G20 finance ministers and central bank governors meeting in North Carolina:
Last week, the US announced the start of a "new economic assault" against Iran. Just last night, after nearly a month of ceasefire, the US and Iran exchanged strikes:
