Iran faces 'greatest financial offensive ever', says US treasury secretary
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The US announced a host of sanctions against Iran and threatened its supporters in what Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said was "the single greatest financial offensive ever".
美国宣布对伊朗实施一系列制裁，并威胁其支持者，财政部长斯科特·贝森特称这是"有史以来最大规模的金融攻势"。
Labelling it an "economic D-Day" for Iran, Bessent said the US would sever all economic ties with the country and added that any nation financially partnering with Iran would also be isolated.
贝森特称这是伊朗的"经济D日"，并表示美国将切断与伊朗的所有经济联系，并补充说，任何与伊朗进行金融合作的国家也将被孤立。
However, the latest threat to the Iranian regime follows several U-turns and extended deadlines from the White House in its efforts to end the conflict.
然而，针对伊朗政权的最新威胁是在白宫多次转向和延长期限结束冲突之后。
The war has led to hikes in global oil prices, and in response to the latest threat Iran warned it would shut down all oil exports from the region if the war continued.
战争导致全球油价上涨，针对最新威胁，伊朗警告如果战争继续，将切断该地区所有石油出口。
The Iranian regime has also issued a fresh warning to shipping to not pass through the Strait of Hormuz without its permission, according to Reuters.
据路透社报道，伊朗政权还对船只发出了新的警告，未经其许可不得通过霍尔木兹海峡。
One fifth of the world's oil and gas usually passes through strait, a narrow waterway south of Iran, but the flow has been effectively blocked by the country since the conflict began at the end of February, leading to higher oil prices globally.
全球五分之一的石油和天然气通常通过伊朗南部一条狭窄的海峡，但自二月底冲突爆发以来，伊朗有效地阻断了这条油流，导致全球油价上涨。
At a press conference on Monday outlining what has been called "Operation Economic Outcast", Bessent said the US was launching an "economic onslaught against Iran's financial connections around the globe".
在周一举行的新闻发布会上，贝森特称美国正在对伊朗在全球的金融联系发动"经济猛攻"。
"Iran now faces a very clear choice with only two paths before them: complete global isolation....or a path back to normalcy with an opportunity to rejoin the global economy," he said.
"伊朗现在面临非常明确的选择，只有两条道路：完全全球孤立......或者回到正常状态，有机会重新加入全球经济，"他说。
The treasury secretary claimed America was "no longer managing the Iranian threat, we are ending it".
财政部长声称美国"不再管理伊朗威胁，我们正在终结它"。
Bessent said the Treasury Department had mapped networks, facilitators and financial channels used by Iran to evade sanctions to trade oil.
贝森特表示，财政部已绘制出伊朗用来规避制裁以进行石油贸易的网络、协调者和金融渠道。
The department said it has issued determinations against five sectors: digital assets, technology, gold, aviation and shipping. The Treasury has also imposed sanctions on almost 60 entities, individuals and vessels.
该部门表示，它已经发布了针对五个领域的决定：数字资产，技术，黄金，航空和航运。 财政部还对近60个实体、个人和船只实施了制裁。
Bessent said that such actions would "tighten the noose and block every potential source of revenue" for Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and the wider Iranian regime.
贝森特表示，这样的行动将"收紧绳索，阻断伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队及更广泛伊朗政权的所有潜在收入来源"。
In a warning to governments and entities assisting or trading with Iran, he said they could not "claim they are blind to enabling this activity".
他警告那些与伊朗合作或贸易的政府和实体，不能"声称对这种活动视而不见"。
He declined to highlight specific countries, but said Trump would be phoning world leaders "with specific request to cease their interactions with the regime."
他拒绝强调具体国家，但表示特朗普将致电世界领导人"明确请求停止与政权的接触"。
While he said it was important to give people time to understand the new sanctions, he added: "they should know that that will move very quickly and that we are serious."
他表示，给人们时间理解新制裁很重要，但他补充道："他们应该知道，制裁将迅速推进，我们是认真的。"
David Oxley, chief climate and commodities economist at Capital Economics, cast doubt on the effectiveness of the sanctions announcement.
资本经济学首席气候与大宗商品经济学家大卫·奥克斯利对制裁宣布的有效性表示怀疑。
"With the renewed US naval blockade already strangling Iran's oil exports, the direct impact of 'economic D-Day' on Iran's energy revenues will be somewhat of a damp squib," he said.
他说："随着美国重新实施的海上封锁已经扼杀了伊朗的石油出口，'经济诺曼底登陆'对伊朗能源收入的直接影响将显得有些微弱，"他说。
"We suspect that the new package will have only a limited direct impact on Iranian energy flows in the short term."
"我们怀疑新方案在短期内对伊朗能源流动的直接影响有限。"
He said that was partly due to the fact roughly 90% of Iran's oil goes to China, a country "which has not recognised US sanctions in the past and is unlikely to be cowed this time either".
他说，这部分原因是伊朗约90%的石油流向中国，而中国"过去未承认美国制裁，这次也不太可能被吓倒"。
Over the course of the conflict so far, previous threats have included Trump saying in April that "a whole civilisation will die tonight" unless Iran agreed a deal to end the war and unblock the Strait of Hormuz.
迄今为止，冲突期间，此前的威胁包括特朗普在四月表示，"今晚将有一个文明灭亡"，除非伊朗达成结束战争并解除霍尔木兹海峡封锁的协议。
The US eventually climbed down from that position after mediator Pakistan intervened and called for more diplomacy.
在巴基斯坦调解人介入并呼吁更多外交后，美国最终放弃了这一立场。
The economic impact of the Iran war is being felt in the US and across the world. Higher oil prices have fuelled concerns over the cost of living, with petrol and diesel prices much higher than they were a year ago.
伊朗战争的经济影响正在美国乃至全球范围内显现。 油价上涨加剧了人们对生活成本的担忧，汽油和柴油价格比一年前高得多。
In the US, gasoline prices have surpassed $4 a gallon and affordability is among the top concerns of American voters ahead of the mid-term elections in November.
在美国，汽油价格已超过每加仑4美元，而在十一月中期选举前，美国选民最关心的就是负担能力。
On Monday, a barrel of Brent crude, the global benchmark for oil prices, was $92.
周一，全球油价基准布伦特原油一桶价格为92美元。
Last week, Bessent announced the US government would intervene in the bond markets and buy back more government debt in a bid to boost demand for bonds and lower borrowing rates.
上周，贝森特宣布美国政府将干预债券市场，回购更多政府债务，以刺激债券需求并降低借贷利率。
But the impact of the announcenment was short-lived, with long-term borrowing costs bouncing back up a day later.
但这一宣布的影响持续时间不长，长期借贷成本在一天后又回升。
How much could Trump's 'economic D-Day' hurt Iran?
特朗普的"经济诺曼底登陆"对伊朗造成多大伤害？
The Iranian regime already faces tough economic sanctions from the US.
伊朗政权已经面临美国的严厉经济制裁。
Former US president Barack Obama and several US allies had agreed a deal with the country in 2015 which lifted many sanctions in return for Iran agreeing to limit its nuclear programme.
前美国总统巴拉克·奥巴马和几位美国盟友在2015年与该国达成协议，解除多项制裁，换取伊朗同意限制其核计划。
However, Trump pulled out of that deal in 2018, calling it "defective at its core, and reimposed all US sanctions on Iran.
然而，特朗普在2018年退出了该协议，称其"本质上存在缺陷"，并重新对伊朗实施了所有美国制裁。
During Joe Biden's term as US president, he made some attempts to reinstate the Obama-era deal, but this did not happen.
在乔·拜登担任美国总统期间，他曾尝试恢复奥巴马时代的协议，但未能实现。
In April this year, the Trump administration launched a wave of sanctions on foreign banks and firms doing business with Tehran after it became clear its military operations had not caused Iran's regime to surrender.
今年四月，特朗普政府在发现其军事行动并未导致伊朗政权投降后，对与德黑兰有业务往来的外国银行和企业实施了一波制裁。
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