At a Glance

• Iran condemned U.S. "Economic D-Day" campaign as “economic terrorism.”
• An Iranian lawmaker suggested withdrawing from the NPT as a countermeasure.
• Trump threatened severe sanctions against nations providing lifelines to Iran.

Iran has condemned the newly announced "Economic D-Day" strategy by U.S. President Donald Trump, with officials labeling the intensifying sanctions campaign as "economic terrorism."

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Key Statement and Focus Area

• Abbas Araghchi stated that “The so-called ‘Economic D-Day’ is a diversion from America's own crisis: unprecedented debt & surging interest costs.”
• The Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister stressed that “The problem is the wrong calculations that, each time to cover them up, they’re forced to create a bigger failure for themselves.”

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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi wrote on X on Thursday that “Doubling down on failed policies will only bring further defeat—and enmity of Iranians.”

Araghchi emphasized that the U.S. economic strategy “threatens global economy and sovereignty worldwide.”

Regarding Trump’s announcement, the Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said that “They claim Iran is on the brink of collapse and hanging by a thread, yet they beg all their allies to help them!”

He highlighted that previous military strategies were unsuccessful, stating that "the military war didn’t yield results,” and characterized the current economic offensive as a continuation of those failed policies.

Meanwhile, Iranian lawmaker Ebrahim Rezaei suggested that withdrawing from the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) would serve as the most effective response to the Trump administration's escalating economic measures.

FYI

U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social yesterday “the MOST CRUSHING ECONOMIC OPERATION EVER TAKEN AGAINST ANY COUNTRY! This will be Economic Warfare and Isolation on an unprecedented scale.”

“No one has given the Islamic Republic of Iran a greater opportunity to make a Deal than me. TRAGICALLY, for them, they have failed to take it,” he added.

Trump also warned that any foreign nation or financial entity providing economic lifelines, commercial services, or smuggling routes to Iran would face severe economic consequences from the United States.

The current confrontation follows years of deep-seated geopolitical friction over Iran's nuclear program, which escalated sharply after the U.S. withdrew from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in 2018. 

This exit initiated a comprehensive “maximum pressure” campaign characterized by stringent economic sanctions aimed at isolating the country's financial sectors and halting oil exports. 

Alongside economic measures, the confrontation entered a direct military phase in late February 2026, when joint U.S. and Israeli forces launched extensive airstrikes under Operation Epic Fury, targeting Iranian military assets and leadership to restrict the country's nuclear enrichment capabilities.