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US unveils new sanction intended to strangle Iran’s economy as conflict drags on; Tehran vows tough response_我的网站
A | 8月17日，廊坊市阿斯根农牧发展有限公司标准化牛舍里，奶牛正在休息。
B | 日报记者 刘 英摄8月17日4时30分，天刚蒙蒙亮，廊坊市阿斯根农牧发展有限公司挤奶大厅已灯火通明。两列挤奶机平稳运转，数十头荷斯坦奶牛依次步入挤奶位，耳标信息被智能识别系统自动读取，套杯、奶量计量、脱杯自动完成。生鲜乳顺着密闭管道直接进入低温储奶罐，全程实现零接触、可追溯。“搁以前，这个大厅得五六个工人连轴转，产量靠手工登记、健康靠眼判断，误差大还容易漏检出错。”该公司总经理彭进告诉记者，2024年完成第三轮智能化升级后，挤奶环节仅需3人值守，不仅单头牛产奶数据精确到克，系统还能通过电导率变化提前预警乳房炎，做到早发现、早处置、少减产。
As military strikes and diplomatic negotiations have both failed to bring an early end to the roughly six‑month‑old US-Iran conflict, Washington rolled out new sanctions against Tehran on Monday local time intended to further strangle its economy. Iran, for its part, has vowed a tougher pushback.
In a news conference on Monday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent threatened new sanctions on countries refusing to cut economic ties with Iran, following recent rhetoric from Washington threatening an "economic D-Day" for Iran.
Meanwhile, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) under the US Treasury announced secondary sanctions on nearly 60 entities, individuals, and vessels in multiple jurisdictions which, according to the US' claims, enable Iran's activities, including so-called nuclear and missile technology procurement, cyber operations, and oil-revenue generation networks.
According to Reuters, those sanctions targeted businesses in China, the UAE, Singapore and several other countries, including a cooking-oil refinery in France, but did not include any of the Chinese financial institutions suspected of facilitating Iran's oil trade.
In response to US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent laying out plans for economic asphyxiation of Iran, expanding Washington's secondary sanction threats and warning of dire consequences for countries that do not join the campaign, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said at a press briefing on Tuesday that China has made clear on many occasions its firm opposition to illicit unilateral sanctions that have no basis in international law or the authorization of the UN Security Council.
"Economic warfare and maximum pressure provide no solution. On the contrary, they only serve to fuel tensions and lead to risk spillover, which will disrupt the global economic and financial order, and harm the legitimate rights and interests of other countries," the spokesperson said.
The pressing task is to facilitate the deescalation of the situation and return to dialogue and negotiation as soon as possible, Lin said, adding that China will do everything necessary to firmly safeguard its rights and interests, Lin added. Lin also said China's cooperation with Iran is conducted within the framework of international law, thus should not be disrupted.
When asked whether China has received any such timeline, as the US stated it would give countries a timeline on when to shut down the actions that it has identified, and how China intends to respond to the relevant announcements by the US Treasury involving China-based entities and individuals, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian stated on Tuesday that China is closely following the developments, and will do everything necessary to firmly safeguard our rights and interests.
In May this year, China's Ministry of Commerce issued a blocking ban prohibiting any recognition, enforcement or compliance with US sanctions imposed on five Chinese companies on the grounds of their alleged involvement in Iranian petroleum transactions.
Relying on its financial hegemony and long‑arm jurisdiction, the US enforces unilateral sanctions with no basis in international law. Such measures severely undermine fundamental consensus for international trade and erode the existing international order, Zhou Mi, senior research fellow at the Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation, told the Global Times on Tuesday.
In essence, Washington is imposing its Iran‑focused policies to enterprises across the globe, compelling third‑party actors to fall in line with its diplomatic objectives, Zhou noted.
The latest sanctions would affect a broader range of countries, industries and firms. They will not only draw wider opposition from the international community, but also boomerang on the interests of US‑owned enterprises, he added.
Fewer levers left
"We are launching an economic onslaught against Iran's financial connections around the globe," Bessent claimed at a press conference. "Our objective is to sever every economic lifeline" that sustains the country, he said, according to a Treasury release.
The US Treasury Department said in a release that the new sectoral sanctions determinations target five critical sectors - digital assets, technology, gold, aviation and shipping - that the US claimed Iran has relied on to support its economy.
US Treasury claimed that "any entity that facilitates money laundering or sanctions evasion on behalf of Iran risks being cut off from the US financial system."
OFAC also suspended several general licenses that previously authorized certain remittance payments to Iran and Iranian access to the US cultural and academic system. The office also issued additional guidance on the so-called sanctions risks of bowing to Iranian demands related to shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
Mohammad Mokhber, an aide to Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, said in an X post on Monday that Iran's response to US sanctions and pressure will be "more decisive than before."
Iranian Economy Minister Ali Madanizadeh said that Tehran "is and was ready," with a two-year plan to counter Washington's new sanctions. He told state television that "it seems they wished to suffer yet another defeat," per an AFP report.
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf responded in an X post that "the Americans know no one will believe their nonsense," noting that the US is not in a position economically to restrict its relations with other countries.
Alan Eyre, a distinguished diplomatic fellow at the Middle East Institute, told NBC News that after six months of combat, the US government "has few remaining levers it can use to convince Iran's major trading partners to materially reduce their economic ties."
While Washington's maximum‑pressure campaign may deliver short‑term shocks to Iran's economy, it can hardly "strangle" the country completely, said Liu Zhongmin, a professor at the Middle East Studies Institute of Shanghai International Studies University.
He added that Iran's economic resilience cannot be underestimated. Having borne decades of crippling sanctions from the US and Western nations, Tehran has built substantial experience in sanction‑busting and developed coping mechanisms ranging from basic‑industry self‑reliance and regional trade networks to oil‑for‑goods swaps and non‑US dollar‑denominated trade. Furthermore, the Strait of Hormuz remains a source of strategic leverage for Iran to push back against US pressure.
The expert said that Tehran and Washington are encountering "a battle of wills," and Iran believes the economic costs the US would suffer from a Hormuz blockade would outweigh the damage inflicted on Iran by sanctions.
Washington's "economic strangulation" policy risks ending in failure unless it yields short‑term outcomes, particularly securing the opening of the Strait of Hormuz, Liu added.
Self-created dilemma
As the US ramps up pressure on Iran, Americans are growing averse to a protracted war.
According to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that closed on Monday, US public approval of the war with Iran fell to its lowest level since the conflict's early days, with just 31 percent of Americans supporting US military action.
On June 18, the US and Iran signed an MoU, under which the two were scheduled to hold negotiations within a period of 60 days, which ended on August 17, to reach a final agreement. However, the talks' fate remains unclear following renewed escalation between the two countries.
Iranian political analyst Mostafa Khoshcheschm told Al Jazeera that the new US sanctions intended to create an "economic onslaught" were a "political show" of intimidation.
Liu said that by resorting to an "economic strangulation" tactic after miring itself in a fruitless military quagmire over Iran, the US has laid bare its practical predicament and strategic dilemma, and seemingly running out of cards.
Citing sources, CNN reported earlier this month that the US military has exhausted nearly 80 percent of its interceptors for a key missile defense system as senior US military commanders are warning that the Pentagon's munitions stockpile is "dangerously low."
Faced with depleted ammunition stockpiles and insufficient military‑industrial capacity, and amid growing domestic criticism of its Middle East policy, the White House has opted for tough economic measures against Iran, Liu said. "Less costly than military coercion, such moves help Washington strike a tough posture before voters and shun political risks from further military escalation," said the expert.
There is, however, an increasingly obvious paradox in Washington's economic warfare against Iran: the tighter the sanctions, the tighter global energy supplies become, and the higher costs borne by American consumers and businesses, the expert added.
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C | 智能化改造不仅在挤奶环节，而是贯穿养殖全链条。
D | 走进标准化牛舍，几乎闻不到刺鼻气味。环境自动监测系统24小时感知温度、湿度和氨气等气体浓度，屋顶的风机、栏杆旁的自动喷淋随数据变化自动启停，给奶牛营造舒适环境。每头奶牛脖子上，都套着一个蓝色智能项圈。“这可不是普通项圈，是每头牛的‘24小时健康管家’。”彭进指着一头正低头进食的奶牛说，智能项圈集成多种传感器，能实时监测发情状态、反刍频次、躺卧时长等多项数据，可将发情揭发率提升至90%以上，连常见病都能提前1至3天预警。喂料也告别了“凭手感添料”的日子。牛舍配套的全混合日粮（TMR）精准饲喂监控管理系统，会按奶牛不同生理阶段匹配饲料配方，配料误差控制在1%左右，远低于业内3%的考核标准。“再加上优化饲草结构、改用国产优质苜蓿，泌乳牛每头每天饲喂成本从2023年的112元降到2025年的68元。”彭进说。在牧场智慧管控中心，6块监控大屏占据一整面墙，牛舍环境、挤奶进度、饲喂数据、粪污处理等各环节一目了然。“我们对奶牛养殖生产全流程建立智能化管理系统，相当于整个牧场的‘数据大脑’。”彭进说，以前全场巡一圈得大半天，哪头牛状态不对全靠老经验；现在每头牛都有全生命周期的数字档案，生过什么病、产了多少奶、吃了多少料，点开就能查。在他眼里，智能化不只是省人力，更是把养殖从“估摸算账”变成“数据说话”。如今的阿斯根，已跻身中国奶牛场12吨单产俱乐部，泌乳牛日均单产43公斤以上。这里培育的母牛犊单头售价比市场价高出1000到3000元，成了牧场新的利润增长点。这样的变化不仅发生在阿斯根一家牧场。目前，廊坊市15家奶牛场全部完成智能化改造，实现奶牛场智能化全覆盖。智能化养牛，养出生鲜乳的高品质。廊坊市畜牧站负责人徐华介绍，目前全市生鲜乳平均乳脂率达4.19%、乳蛋白率达3.39%，两项核心指标均优于发达国家标准。
E | 本地奶源直供国内头部乳企高端产品线，全市15家牧场已全部与京津乳企、品牌商超签订合作协议。（日报记者 刘 英）。
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