Trump administration to expand scope of secondary sanctions to try to ramp up economic pressure: Source
The U.S. Treasury is expected to expand the scope of secondary sanctions it can impose on entities and countries that maintain business ties with Iran in an effort to ramp up economic pressure, a source familiar with the plans told ABC News.
The announcement is expected Monday afternoon. Reuters was first to report the news.

The source said the action is likely to reveal additional categories of Iran-related conduct that would be subject to secondary sanctions in the future, making it easier to take action against those facilitating the transactions on behalf of the Iranian government.
A senior administration official said Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is expected to warn that any remaining financial lifelines -- including through banks and third countries that have tolerated certain activity -- must be shut down.
The official said the Treasury Department has "mapped Iran's oil-smuggling and sanctions-evasion network" and plans to present this information to countries helping Iran evade the sanctions as a warning.
Mohammad Mokhber, a senior adviser to Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, says Iran's response to U.S. sanctions will be "more decisive than ever."
-ABC News’ Rachel Scott




