Exerting maximum economic pressure on Tehran would risk blowback from Beijing.

President Donald Trump announced this week that the U.S. would be imposing an “unprecedented” level of economic warfare and isolation on Iran.

Should Trump "take action, our confrontation will be like an earthquake", the head of Iran's supreme national security council has warned.

The United States is unveiling new sanctions against Iran today. These measures aim to cripple Iran's economy by targeting its oil sales. China buys most of Iran's oil and…

The TOI correspondent from Washington: US president Donald Trump is preparing to turn his military campaign against Iran into a global economic choke after warning countries…

China faces particular risk as US weighs penalties on banks and Iranian oil buyers

The Trump administration increased its efforts to strangle Iran financially, but the rollout of the new campaign left some economists wishing for more.