News Summary

• The US President issued his latest threat on Wednesday night.
• He listed several activities that need to stop immediately: 'oil smuggling, swap lines, cash transfers, exchange houses, ship registries, front companies' The intensified economic pressure campaign comes as the war nears its sixth month with no immediate diplomatic or military off-ramp in sight.
• Abbas Araghchi, Iran's foreign minister, said in response that Mr Trump's plan was simply a 'diversion' from the US' own crisis.