August 6, 2018executivesanctionsexecutive ordermaximum pressureexecutive action
Trump signs Executive Order 13846, reimposing first tranche of JCPOA sanctions
Trump signed Executive Order 13846, reimposing the first batch of JCPOA-related sanctions after the 90-day wind-down period. Targeted Iran's trade in US dollars, gold, precious metals, the automotive sector, and the Iranian rial. This was the beginning of the largest sanctions architecture ever built against a single country.