The Biden administration is taking steps to increase its enforcement of sanctions against Iran, wrote The Wall Street Journal on Thursday, adding that senior US officials have said that this is Washington’s first sign of increased economic pressure amid floundering nuclear talks in Vienna.
Citing senior US State Department and Treasury Department officials, the report said the United States is sending a high-level delegation this week to the United Arab Emirates, a top US ally but also Iran’s second-largest trade partner, and “a conduit for Iran’s trade and financial transactions with other countries.”