DUBAI — Iran has dismissed US President Donald Trump’s newly announced sanctions campaign as a diversion from domestic American issues, warning that the “so-called ‘Economic D-Day'” would only bring further defeat to Washington.Responding to Trump's threat of a "crushing economic operation" against Iran, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said, "The so-called 'Economic D-Day' is a diversion from America's own crisis: unprecedented debt and surging interest costs." "Doubling down on failed policies will only bring further defeat and enmity of Iranians," Araghchi wrote in a post to X, adding that the US “economic terrorism” threatens the global economy and sovereignty worldwide.Separately, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said on X that Washington had turned to an “economic war” after failing to achieve its objectives militarily.“They claim Iran is on the verge of defeat and hanging by a thread, yet they are begging all their allies to help them,” Gharibabadi said.“The problem is their miscalculations. Each time they try to cover them up, they end up creating an even greater failure for themselves,” he added.The remarks came after Trump announced Wednesday what he called “the most crushing economic operation ever taken against any country,” describing the campaign as “Economic Warfare and Isolation on an unprecedented scale.”Trump said Washington would seek to cut off financial and commercial channels supporting Tehran and warned that countries allowing their financial institutions, businesses, airports, or government entities to provide Iran with an economic “lifeline” would face severe economic consequences.Calling the campaign an “Economic D-Day,” Trump also urged US allies to join Washington in isolating Iran.Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said the US was seeking an “honorable exit” from the Middle East while promoting a “new regional order”.The USS George Washington reached the Middle East on Wednesday and is expected to replace the USS Abraham Lincoln, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed Thursday.“The George Washington Carrier Strike Group is operating in Middle East during a scheduled deployment after arriving in the CENTCOM theater yesterday,” it said.The rotation occurs after reports of significant mental health struggles and structural problems that have surfaced aboard the Lincoln following an extended deployment in relation to the Iran war.The George Washington, while based in Yokosuka, Japan, was ordered to the region to provide relief.Meanwhile, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) Centre on Thursday issued a warning after armed individuals hijacked a tanker in the Gulf of Aden.A tanker was "boarded by six armed persons who are now in control of the vessel and redirecting to Somalia," the UKMTO said in its alert. The incident occurred about 136 nautical miles east of Al Mukalla, Yemen.Initially, the ship broadcast a distress call about an authorized vessel approaching the tanker as it traveled west, the UKMTO said.Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani has said traffic in the Strait of Hormuz must go back to what it was before the US-Israeli war on Iran, with no party to the conflict “blackmailing” the other.“The consequences of this war were grave, not only on the Gulf region but elsewhere in the world,” Sheikh Mohammed, who is also the foreign minister, told reporters at a joint news conference with Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty in El Alamein, Egypt.Speaking at the press conference, the Egyptian foreign minister said that “no country will be allowed to be an obstacle against the free navigation, particularly in the Strait of Hormuz, Bab al-Mandeb and the Red Sea.