US Launches Operation Economic Outcast to Severe Iran Lifelines

The United States Treasury Department launched an aggressive financial campaign named Operation Economic Outcast to severely restrict Iran's economy as the ongoing military conflict reaches its six-month mark. Directed by President Donald Trump, the initiative targets the Iranian regime and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps by cutting off remaining financial channels. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian confirmed that exports and imports have shrunk by nearly 35 percent due to naval blockades and stringent Western sanctions.

Inflation inside Iran soared to 66 percent last month, pushing the national currency to a historic low of 2.02 million rials per U.S. dollar on informal markets. Tehran estimates that the six-month conflict has inflicted approximately $270 billion in damages, amounting to 57 percent of its gross domestic product. Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei urged state officials to mitigate mounting public hardship, while security forces arrested 30 organizers of recent anti-government protests to prevent broader domestic uprisings.

The U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control widened sectoral penalties to target digital assets, technology, gold, aviation, and shipping industries, blacklisting nearly 60 entities and vessels globally. Furthermore, Washington targeted UAE branches of Egyptian state-owned Banque Misr for allegedly processing $1.8 billion in shadow-banking transactions for Iranian networks. Foreign governments face strict compliance timelines to terminate economic ties with blacklisted entities or risk secondary U.S. penalties.