Donald Trump will reinstate new sanctions against Iran from November 5 2018

This time, Donald Trump intends to take punitive measures against all countries, or foreign companies that will continue to buy Iranian oil or trade with the banks of the Islamic Republic.

Six months after returning to the Iran nuclear deal, the United States confirmed Friday (November 2nd) that it will reinstate the latest sanctions against Tehran as of November 5th. Donald Trump announced it on Twitter, with a visual with the formula: "The sanctions arrive". A reference - in both text and aesthetics - to the Game of Thrones series.

A first set of punitive measures, lifted in exchange for Iran's 2015 commitment to not acquire the atomic bomb, had already been imposed in August. This second, much more draconian, component sanctions all foreign countries, entities or companies that will continue to buy Iranian oil or trade with the Islamic Republic's banks, blocking their access to the US market.

Waivers for South Korea and China?
Eight countries, however, will benefit from waivers and will be allowed to temporarily continue to buy Iranian oil, "but only because they have made significant efforts to bring their crude imports back to zero," The Chief of the US diplomat Mike said. Pompeo. The list of these countries will be known Monday, the US Secretary of State only said that no member of the EU was part of it. Observers expect exemptions to be granted to South Korea, India, even Turkey or even China.

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