US-led financial pressure on Iran expands to UK, UAE banking restrictions

The US campaign to isolate Iran financially is broadening beyond direct sanctions to include external banking restrictions, with new measures in the UK and UAE and US efforts to press third countries to limit financial dealings with Tehran. This marks an escalation in extraterritorial enforcement, potentially tightening Iran's access to global finance. The scope and enforcement details remain unclear, but the move signals a coordinated Western push to deepen economic isolation.