Loading your language..
The United States has threatened sanctions against nations that refuse to sever diplomatic ties with Iran, leaving Iran to struggle to sustain its trade relations.

The United States has threatened sanctions against nations that refuse to sever diplomatic ties with Iran, leaving Iran to struggle to sustain its trade relations.

C2🇨🇳 中文🇺🇸 English

August 27th, 2026

The United States has threatened sanctions against nations that refuse to sever diplomatic ties with Iran, leaving Iran to struggle to sustain its trade relations.

C2
Please note: This article has been simplified for language learning purposes. Some context and nuance from the original text may have been modified or removed.

🇺🇸 English

The Iranian economy, already beleaguered by hyperinflation, years of Western sanctions, and a war that has drastically curtailed its oil revenues, now faces the prospect of further instability as the Trump administration endeavors to coerce other nations into severing all financial ties with the Islamic Republic of Iran.

伊朗经济本已恶性通胀多年西方制裁以及一场大幅削减石油收入的战争捉襟见肘如今随着特朗普政府试图胁迫他国断绝伊朗伊斯兰共和国所有金融往来,伊朗经济恐将面临更多不稳定因素

Last week, the United Arab Emirates resolutely severed its commercial ties with Iran, a move that promptly precipitated the latest round of diplomatic offensives from the White House, designed to compel Tehran into submission through a strategy of isolation and encirclement.

上周阿联酋毅然决然地中止了与伊朗的商贸往来此举旋即触发了白宫最新一轮旨在以孤立围困之策迫使德黑兰俯首称臣外交攻势

Even before the onset of hostilities, Iran's foreign trade had been heavily concentrated among a mere handful of nations, and now its room for manoeuvre has become ever more constricted.

伊朗在战端未启之际,其对外贸易本就高度集中于屈指可数的几个国家而今其可资周旋的余地更是愈发逼仄

The efficacy of this American strategy will hinge, to a considerable extent, upon Chinathe principal purchaser of Iranian oil and its foremost trading partner.

美国这一战略能否奏效在很大程度上将取决于中国——作为伊朗石油的主要买家及其最大贸易伙伴

Russia, likewise, stands as a focal point of the US-led comprehensive sanctions, yet, being mired in the quagmire of military conflict and economic turmoil, it is unlikely to furnish its longstanding ally Iran with any substantial fiscal support.

俄罗斯同样美国主导的全面制裁的靶心然而其自身正深陷军事冲突经济危机的泥沼恐怕难以长期盟友伊朗提供多少实质性的财政支撑

Given that regional actors such as Turkey, Pakistan, and Iraq maintain pivotal bilateral ties with both Iran and the United States, they possess ample justification for eschewing entanglement in the 'secondary sanctions' cautioned against by U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessentwho has unequivocally stated that any nation failing to sever economic relations with Iran entirely will be subject to the ramifications of such punitive measures.

鉴于土耳其、巴基斯坦及伊拉克等区域行为体与伊朗和美国均维系着举足轻重的双边关系它们因而具备充分理由规避卷入美国财政部长斯科特·贝森特所警示的“二级制裁”——贝森特明确表示凡未与伊朗彻底断绝经济往来的国家皆将面临此类制裁措施的波及

"Any nation that stands shoulder to shoulder with the United States shall reap the bountiful rewards of our partnership," Bessent remarked on Monday while expounding upon his so-called 'economic exclusion campaign,'

与美国并肩而立之邦必得吾辈伙伴关系之厚报,”贝森特周一在阐释其所谓经济排斥行动”之方略时言道

"Any nation that colludes with the Iranian regime must anticipate bearing the collective culpability of isolation."

与伊朗政权沆瀣一气之国当预知须共担遭孤立之咎。”

Despite the imposition of Western sanctions, data from private trade-monitoring firms indicates that Iran still transacted goods valued at $125 billion in 2024.

Notwithstanding the imposition of Western sanctions, data from private trade-monitoring firms indicates that Iran still transacted goods valued at $125 billion in 2024.

Iran is not a member of the World Trade Organization.

Iran is not a member of the World Trade Organization.

Nevertheless, the preponderance of its declared international trade is concentrated among a mere handful of trading partners.

然而其申报的国际贸易绝大部分集中于屈指可数的几个贸易伙伴

The United Arab Emirates, China, and Turkey collectively supply nearly three-quarters of Iran's imports; conversely, China, Iraq, the UAE, and Turkey account for upwards of two-thirds of its total non-oil exports.

阿联酋中国土耳其三国合计供应了伊朗近四分之三的进口商品中国、伊拉克、阿联酋及土耳其四国则占据了其非石油出口总额的三分之二以上

On the supply front, the UAE's strategic standing is nothing short of pivotal, serving as Iran's foremost import origin while simultaneously functioning as a financial conduit for Iranian enterprises conducting international fund transfers.

在供应维度上阿联酋的战略地位堪称举足轻重其作为伊朗最大进口来源国同时充当着伊朗企业进行国际资金收付的金融通道枢纽

These dual roles collectively forge the critical nexus that sustains Iran's connectivity with the global economic framework.

这两重角色共同构筑了伊朗与全球经济体系保持联结关键纽带

As a pivotal re-export hub, the UAE shoulders the formidable responsibility of handling consignments dispatched by foreign suppliers who are disinclined to engage directly with Iranian clientele.

作为再出口的关键枢纽,阿联酋承担了处理那些不愿直接与伊朗客户进行交易的外国供应商所输送货物的重任

"From Iran's vantage point, the UAE is admittedly replaceable, yet Tehran has publicly asserted that this is no overnight endeavor," avers Alex Vatanka, a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute in Washington.

从伊朗的视角审视,阿联酋固然可被替代然而伊朗方面已公开表明非旦夕之功,”华盛顿中东研究所高级研究员亚历克斯·瓦坦卡如是断言

Beijing's strategic interests in the Persian Gulf region extend far beyond Iran alone, and to date it has consistently and prudently refrained from being drawn into the vortex of conflict instigated by the United States and Israel.

北京在波斯湾地区的战略利益远非仅限于伊朗一国且迄今始终审慎规避卷入由美国及以色列所挑起的冲突漩涡

Through a clandestine trading network designed to circumvent international sanctions, China has acquired the preponderant share of Iran's crude oil exports.

中国通过一套规避国际制裁的隐蔽贸易网络购入了伊朗绝大部分原油出口

David Lubin, a senior research fellow at Chatham House, observes that notwithstanding the myriad constraints it faces, China's formidable manufacturing base and its strategic command over critical mineral supply chains endow it with considerably greater strategic latitude than other partners of Iran, sufficient to withstand pressure emanating from the United States.

查塔姆研究所高级研究员大卫·卢宾指出尽管面临诸多制约中国雄厚的制造业根基及其对关键矿产供应链的战略性掌控赋予相较于伊朗其他合作伙伴更为充裕的战略回旋空间足以抵御来自美国的施压

As Chinese President Xi Jinping is slated to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington next month, any aggressive measures directed at China's major banks and enterprises threaten to reignite the tinderbox of trade tensions.

值此中国国家主席习近平下月拟于华盛顿与美国总统唐纳德·特朗普会晤之际,对中国主要银行及企业采取激进举措恐将再度点燃贸易紧张局势的导火索

"I find it genuinely inconceivable that China would cooperate on any level," Rubin asserted thus.

实在难以想象中国任何层面上予以配合,”卢宾如是断言

According to authoritative statistics from the World Trade Organization and the United Nations, China not only firmly holds the preeminent position as Iran's largest documented export market, but also serves as an indispensable supply hub for its critical components and productsa status that exerts a pivotal influence on the economic and trade relations between the two nations.

依据世贸组织联合国权威统计数据中国不仅稳居伊朗有案可稽的最大出口市场之尊位更是关键零部件产品不可或缺的供应枢纽这一地位两国经贸往来具有举足轻重的影响

During the Obama administration, Beijing did indeed consent to curtail its energy imports from Iran, as Daniel Fried, a fellow at the Atlantic Council and former U.S. ambassador to Poland, has asserted.

在奥巴马执政时期北京方面确实同意削减自伊朗的能源进口大西洋理事会研究员前美国驻波兰大使丹尼尔·弗里德如是说

"We aspire for China to go further than it has in the past," Fried remarked,

我们冀望中国比既往走得更远,”弗里德如是说

"Yet the challenges we now confront are of a magnitude that far surpasses those of yesteryear."

然而当下所面临的挑战其艰巨程度远非昔日可比。”

China has amassed profound expertise in sustaining its allies under the crushing weight of sanctions: for decades, it has served as both the economic lifeline and the staunch diplomatic bulwark of North Korea.

中国在协助盟友于制裁重压下存续方面积累了深厚经验长期以来,它既是朝鲜的经济命脉,亦是其外交上的坚实后盾

Analysts contend that China adopts a selectively evasive stance toward the enforcement of UN sanctions on North Korea, covertly channeling aid to keep its impoverished neighbor functioning at a rudimentary level.

专家指出中国对联合国对朝制裁的执行采取选择性规避态度并暗中输送援助以维系这个贫瘠邻邦的基本运转

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran, who has served as the country's chief negotiator for the past six months, happened to be in Iraq on the very day the UAE suspended trade.

伊朗伊斯兰议会议长穆罕默德·巴盖尔·卡利巴夫在过去六个月中始终担任伊朗首席谈判代表之职,于阿联酋暂停贸易当日恰在伊拉克

He asserted that the purpose of his visit was to "expedite collaborative endeavours among regional nations, free from external interference."

他宣称此行旨在加速推进区域各国间在不受外部干涉前提下的共同合作”。

Nevertheless, the hegemonic status of the dollar within the international trade and financial architecture implies that no trading partner of Iran can readily confront the United States head-on, as Vatanka observes.

然而美元在国际贸易与金融体系中的霸权地位意味着伊朗的任何贸易伙伴都难以轻易与美国正面抗衡,瓦坦卡如是说。

"We remain in a predicament whereby, should the United States resolve to inflict harm upon you, the repercussions are indeed not to be underestimated," he added.

我们依然处于这样一个境地倘若美国决意对你施加伤害其后果确实不容小觑,”他补充道

Turkey's experience underscores the potential repercussions: in July, Ankara resolved a long-standing dispute with Washington concerning the role a state-owned bank had played in assisting Iran in circumventing sanctions through an oil-for-gold scheme.

土耳其的经历凸显了潜在后果7月,土耳其化解了一场与美国持续多年的争端该争端涉及一家国有银行在协助伊朗通过以油换金计划规避制裁中所扮演的角色。

Trump likewise took steps to lift sanctions against Turkey, a NATO member, which had been imposed in response to Ankara's acquisition of an advanced Russian missile system.

特朗普亦采取行动取消了对北约成员国土耳其的制裁这些制裁源于土耳其购置了一套先进的俄罗斯导弹系统

"In my humble estimation, Turkey currently evinces no inclination whatsoever to become yet another accomplice in circumventing sanctions on behalf of Iran," asserts Ricardo Gasco, an analyst at the Istanbul-based think tank Istampol.

窃以为土耳其当下绝无意愿沦为又一个替伊朗规避制裁的帮凶,”伊斯坦布尔伊斯坦波尔智库分析师里卡多·加斯科如此断言

Iran, as a pivotal source of imports for Iraq, exerts a profound and enduring influence within the country through its aligned political factions and armed groups.

伊朗作为伊拉克至关重要的进口来源国凭借结盟的政治派系武装团体在伊拉克境内持续施加深远影响。

Concurrently, Baghdad has been persistently endeavoring to fortify its economic and security ties with Washington.

与此同时巴格达方面始终致力于深化华盛顿之间的经济安全纽带

Since the United States' military intervention in Iraq in 2003, Washington has wielded considerable sway over the nation's foreign exchange reserves, given that these reserve assets are all held at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

2003年美国对伊拉克发动军事干预以来,华盛顿对该国外汇储备握有相当程度的支配权缘由在于这些储备资产存放于纽约联邦储备银行

Oman, long accustomed to deftly mediating between Washington and Tehran, has abruptly found its erstwhile balancing act teetering on the brink of collapse.

长期在华盛顿与德黑兰之间斡旋阿曼骤然发觉其左右逢源的平衡策略已岌岌可危

Last week, Trump issued a threat against the sultanate, prompted by its ongoing negotiations with Iran concerning the prospective governance of the Strait of Hormuz.

上周特朗普阿曼与伊朗就霍尔木兹海峡未来治理展开的持续谈判,而对该国发出了威胁

Ports such as Gwadar, situated on Pakistan's Persian Gulf coast, afford an exceptionally convenient conduit for goods circumventing sanctions on Iran, as Peter Harrell, a visiting scholar at Georgetown University, asserts.

巴基斯坦濒临波斯湾的瓜达尔港口规避对伊制裁货物提供了极为便利的渗透通道乔治城大学访问学者彼得·哈雷尔如是断言

"A full container of unmanned aerial vehicle components is conveyed to a port in western Pakistan, offloaded onto lorries, and subsequently ferried across the border into Iranian territory," he thus articulated.

"一整集装箱无人机零部件运送至巴基斯坦西部某港口卸载至卡车继而穿越边境转运进入伊朗境内,"他如此陈述

Notwithstanding Pakistan's fervent aspiration, as China's pivotal ally and economic partner in the region, to deepen commercial engagement with Iran, it remains ensnared within a labyrinth of mutually constraining geopolitical pressures.

尽管巴基斯坦作为中国在该地区举足轻重的盟友及经济伙伴热切期望深化与伊朗的贸易往来然而其亦深陷于多重相互掣肘的地缘政治压力之中

Serving as a preeminent intermediary between Tehran and Washington, Pakistan simultaneously maintains an intricate web of defense ties with Saudi Arabia, Iran's longstanding regional adversarya delicate equilibrium that renders its diplomatic calculus ever more convoluted.

作为德黑兰与华盛顿之间举足轻重的斡旋者巴基斯坦同时与伊朗的长期区域宿敌沙特阿拉伯维系着盘根错节的防务纽带此种微妙平衡使其外交棋局愈发错综复杂

With the Strait of Hormuz on the brink of a total blockade, and the Black Sea shipping lanes rendered perilous by the Russo-Ukrainian conflict, Iran has embarked upon forging a 'lifeline' across the Caspian Sea, as asserted by Nikita Smagin, an independent analyst and former correspondent for Russia's state news agency in Tehran.

随着霍尔木兹海峡几近全面封锁加之俄乌战事黑海航运岌岌可危伊朗已着手在里海开辟一条“生命之路”,独立分析师曾任俄罗斯国家通讯社驻德黑兰记者的尼基塔·斯马金如是说

According to reports, Russia has this year supplied drones to Iran, a gesture reciprocating the goodwill Tehran extended to Moscow following its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

据报道俄罗斯本年度已向伊朗输送无人机此举对其在莫斯科全面入侵乌克兰所获德黑兰善意的投桃报李。

Furthermore, Russia has been transshipping its export cargoes to Iran via Caspian Sea ports such as Astrakhan.

此外俄罗斯经由阿斯特拉罕里海港口,将出口货物转运伊朗

Agricultural products account for as much as eighty percent of the total trade volume reported between Russia and Iran.

农产品俄罗斯伊朗所报告的贸易总额占比高达八成

"Both economies are anchored by the export of natural resources, leaving virtually no room for mutual complementarity," Smagin asserted.

这两个经济体均以自然资源出口为支柱,彼此之间几乎不存在任何可供互补之处,”斯马金如此断言

The other Caspian littoral statesAzerbaijan, Turkmenistan, and Kazakhstanare unlikely to be in any haste to lend their support, as Umid Shokri, a research fellow at George Mason University, asserts.

其他里海沿岸国家——阿塞拜疆土库曼斯坦哈萨克斯坦——恐未必急于襄赞其事乔治梅森大学研究员乌穆德·肖克里如是断言

However, Russia and Iran have long been entrenched within the so-called 'sanctioned axis,' as Mark Galeotti, executive director of Mayak Intelligence, asserts.

然而俄罗斯与伊朗早已深陷“受制裁轴心”之列,梅亚克情报公司执行董事马克·加莱奥蒂如是断言

For decades, the two nations have consistently collaborated to circumvent trade restrictions, steadily expanding their bilateral commerce to encompass smuggled goods ranging from 'strategic materials' and military technology to microchips and even Gucci handbagssuch practices may well presage their next maneuver.

数十年来两国始终协同规避贸易限制持续扩大双边贸易往来涵盖“战略物资”军事技术微芯片乃至古驰手袋走私品此类行径或将成为其下一步动向

"The pomegranate and the guava, and even the tomato, have largely reached the limits of their dissemination," he remarked.

石榴番石榴乃至西红柿传播疆域大抵止步于此,”他言道

August 27th, 2026

Trending Articles

Brent crude falls below the $98 mark, while Wall Street still hovers near historic highs

Brent crude falls below the $98 mark, while Wall Street still hovers near historic highs

布伦特原油跌破98美元关口,华尔街仍徘徊于历史高位

C2Sep 22
Trump and Xi seek stability even as friction intensifies over AI, trade, and Iran

Trump and Xi seek stability even as friction intensifies over AI, trade, and Iran

特朗普与习近平在人工智能、贸易及伊朗议题上摩擦加剧,却仍谋求稳定

C2Sep 22
Lee Jae-myung told the Associated Press: "We hope to achieve the denuclearization of North Korea in a gradual manner."

Lee Jae-myung told the Associated Press: "We hope to achieve the denuclearization of North Korea in a gradual manner."

李在明向美联社表态:望以循序渐进方式实现朝鲜无核化

C2Sep 22
On the eve of the Zelensky-Trump summit, Russia and Ukraine dealt each other deadly blows

On the eve of the Zelensky-Trump summit, Russia and Ukraine dealt each other deadly blows

泽连斯基与特朗普峰会前夕,俄乌互施致命打击

C2Sep 22
Buffett steps down as chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, succession plan takes its next step

Buffett steps down as chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, succession plan takes its next step

巴菲特卸任伯克希尔·哈撒韦董事长,继任计划迈出下一步

C2Sep 18
Trump escalates his crackdown on the news media, moving to bar CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House

Trump escalates his crackdown on the news media, moving to bar CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House

特朗普扩大对新闻媒体的打压,拟禁CNN、MS NOW与Politico进入白宫

C2Sep 18
The Bank of Japan raised interest rates to 1.25%, a 31-year high.

The Bank of Japan raised interest rates to 1.25%, a 31-year high.

日本央行加息至1.25%,创31年新高

C2Sep 18
Anthropic says Claude is helping build its next-generation model

Anthropic says Claude is helping build its next-generation model

Anthropic称Claude正助力构建其下一代模型

C2Sep 18
Why is the Federal Reserve raising interest rates at this juncture, and what does it signify?

Why is the Federal Reserve raising interest rates at this juncture, and what does it signify?

美联储缘何此刻加息,其意涵何在

C2Sep 17
Oil prices and bond yields retreated, and US stocks rallied for their best single-day performance in six weeks.

Oil prices and bond yields retreated, and US stocks rallied for their best single-day performance in six weeks.

油价与债券收益率回落,美股 rally 创六周最佳单日表现

C2Sep 17