The Trump administration issued new sectoral sanctions targeting five sectors of the Iranian economy: digital assets, technology, gold, aviation, and shipping.
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VINCEAug 25, 2026
Treasury and the White House both announced new E.O. 13902 sectoral determinations on August 24, 2026 covering digital assets, technology, gold, aviation, and shipping, and independent outlets and law firms confirm them. Reuters notes that Bessent did not impose the broader secondary penalties on specific countries, but that does not contradict the sector determinations themselves.
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… Here's Scott Besson explaining yesterday what the administration is doing now. Cut five. Watch. Let me be clear: Any entity that facilitates money laundering on behalf of Iran will be removed from the Us. Dollar system. The clock just started ticking. The new sectoral sanctions determinations issued today target five of Iran's most vital lifelines that it exploits in other countries: digital assets, technology, gold, aviation, and shipping. These measures broaden secondary sanctions risk for anyone foolish enough to continue conducting business with this regime and will accelerate the speed with which we pursue them. …
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Supports. The Treasury press release states that Treasury issued determinations against five critical sectors (digital assets, technology, gold, aviation, and shipping) that the Iranian regime uses to prop up its economy.[2]
Supports. The White House release quotes the new sectoral sanctions determinations targeting five of Iran's most vital lifelines: digital assets, technology, gold, aviation, and shipping.[3]
Supports. Law-firm memos describe OFAC issuing five simultaneous sectoral determinations under E.O. 13902 covering these same five sectors on August 24, 2026, as part of Operation Economic Outcast.[5][6][7]
Supports. CNN reports that the Treasury campaign targets aviation, shipping, technology, gold and digital assets, with the measures raising sanctions risk for foreign firms doing business with Iran.[4]
Context. Reuters reports that Bessent stopped short of imposing penalties on specific countries and did not say when penalties would take effect, so the determinations create expanded secondary-sanctions exposure rather than immediate blocking of every sector.[1]
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- 1US warns of expanded sanctions against Iran and its partnersreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2Treasury Launches Unprecedented Campaign Against ...home.treasury.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 3Operation Economic Outcast: Total Isolation of the Iranian ...whitehouse.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 4August 25, 2026 – Iran war latest | CNNcnn.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 5Treasury Launches “Operation Economic Outcast,” Expanding the ...paulweiss.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Treasury Launches New Broad Iran Sanctions Initiative and Expands...steptoe.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 7“Economic D-Day” Expands Iran Sanctions Exposure ...cozen.com · not rated · cited for: supports
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