{"id":5918,"date":"2026-08-24T19:14:03","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T19:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=5918"},"modified":"2026-08-24T19:14:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T19:14:03","slug":"iran-calls-u-s-sanctions-support-act-of-war-as-its-currency-crumbles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=5918","title":{"rendered":"Iran calls U.S. sanctions support \u2018act of war\u2019 as its currency crumbles"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Here\u2019s a look at the latest developments in the\u00a0Iran war\u00a0and the wider Middle East on Monday. Full coverage can be\u00a0found here.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=5916\">Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent becomes the tip of the spear in the war on Iran and the bond vigilantes as the U.S. readies more financial firepower<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Iran threatens response ahead of US sanctions announcement<\/h4>\n<p>Iran\u2019s Foreign Ministry spokesperson warned that Tehran would respond harshly to expanded U.S. sanctions, including measures against countries it sees as cooperating with Washington.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cAny escalation of this situation will undoubtedly bring about consequences,\u201d Esmail Baghaei said. \u201cOur hands are not tied.\u201d The new head of Iran\u2019s top security body warned Sunday that Tehran will see any country\u2019s support for the sanctions as\u00a0an \u201cact of war.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The expanded sanctions come after weeks of impasse. The United States has not dislodged Iran\u2019s grip on the\u00a0Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world\u2019s traded oil passed before the war started nearly six months ago.<\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s demands for reopening the strait include lifting the U.S. naval blockade, withdrawing U.S. forces from the region and reparations for damages sustained in the war. It has held separate talks with Oman, on the other side of the strait, on jointly managing the waterway regardless of whether a new deal is brokered with the U.S.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Sanctions have historically raised prices of basic goods in Iran, but after decades of withstanding them, Iran\u2019s economy has adapted through finding new trading partners and building domestic industries.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the expected U.S. announcement, the country\u2019s currency hit a record low on Monday.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h4>Israeli and Syrian officials meet following an Israeli airstrike<\/h4>\n<p>Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani met over the weekend with a high-level Israeli delegation in Jordan to try to defuse tensions after Israel last week struck an air base in northern Syria, Syrian state news agency SANA reported.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The U.S.-mediated discussions on Sunday focused on restarting negotiations for a future security agreement, SANA said.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Israel struck the Abu Duhur air base in Idlib province, saying it aimed to stop Turkey \u2014 which has supported the new Syrian government\u2019s efforts to rebuild its armed forces after 14 years of civil war \u2014 from establishing a presence there.<\/p>\n<p>Syrian officials during the talks asserted the right to develop an army and freely forge alliances with any country, SANA said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=5914\">U.S. strikes another boat in Eastern Pacific as death toll tops 210 in anti-cartel war<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>They also called for the withdrawal of Israeli forces from a buffer zone in southern Syria they have occupied since December 2024, and reiterated Syria\u2019s stance that the Golan Heights \u2014 which Israel captured in the 1967 Mideast war and later annexed \u2014 is Syrian territory.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Israeli officials didn\u2019t immediately comment on the meeting.<\/p>\n<h4>Israel says it killed another Hamas militant<\/h4>\n<p>Israel\u2019s military said it killed a militant affiliated with Hamas\u2019 special forces unit in an overnight airstrike, the latest targeted killing announced since U.S. officials met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week hoping to push last year\u2019s ceasefire deal forward.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Israel says it targets and kills Palestinian militants it says participated in the Oct. 7, 2023, attack that sparked the war.<\/p>\n<p>Israel has announced targeted strikes on six of the seven days since U.S. negotiator Jared Kushner\u2019s meeting with Netanyahu.<\/p>\n<p>At least 1,288 Palestinians have been killed since the ceasefire took effect last October, according to Gaza\u2019s health ministry, part of the Hamas-run government. Its numbers are generally considered reliable by the international community.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h4>Palestinian American says he can\u2019t freely leave West Bank home<\/h4>\n<p>The Palestinian American homeowner whose residence was besieged this month by Israeli settlers said he remained unable to move freely in the village of Qusra in the occupied West Bank. Loui Ridi\u00a0traveled from Ohio\u00a0to join his relatives defending his home a week ago.<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli military declared the area a closed zone to restore order in Qusra. Ridi said\u00a0settlers returned\u00a0throughout the week to the hill above his house.<\/p>\n<p>Since Israeli settlers surrounded the house more than two weeks ago, preventing occupants from leaving, Israeli soldiers have encouraged them to leave but Israel\u2019s police have not announced arrests.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The siege and Israel\u2019s response have sparked condemnation from Israeli rights groups and foreign officials, including U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee,\u00a0who called\u00a0the violence terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>Palestinians consider the West Bank, home to some 3 million Palestinians and 560,000 Israeli settlers, the heart of any future state and have condemned Israel\u2019s expansion there. This year has seen a dramatic spike in violence carried out by Israeli settlers against Palestinians.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=5912\">Greg Abbott turned from data center \u2018epicenter\u2019 booster to skeptic\u2014and Trump is calling it an economic \u2018mistake\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The warning comes as Washington has yet to break Iran&#8217;s hold on the Strait of Hormuz as Iran&#8217;s rial sinks to record low<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5917,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[103],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-iran"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Iran calls U.S. sanctions support \u2018act of war\u2019 as its currency crumbles - 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