On the 20th local time, Iranian Foreign Minister Alagzi responded to a new round of US economic threats against Iran on social media. Alagzi said that the threat to Iran's “initiation of economic action” is intended to divert US domestic attention from fiscal issues, including high debt and rising interest expenses. He said that continuing to stick to the previous relevant policy against Iran will only bring more failure and increase the dissatisfaction of the Iranians with the US side. On August 19, local time, US President Trump posted on his social media platform “Real Social” that Iran failed to seize the opportunity to reach an agreement, so he announced “the harshest economic action ever carried out against any country” against Iran, saying that this would be an “economic war and economic isolation” of an unprecedented scale.

On the 20th local time, Iranian Foreign Minister Alagzi responded to a new round of US economic threats against Iran on social media. Alagzi said that the threat to Iran's “initiation of economic action” is intended to divert US domestic attention from fiscal issues, including high debt and rising interest expenses. He said that continuing to stick to the previous relevant policy against Iran will only bring more failure and increase the dissatisfaction of the Iranians with the US. On August 19, local time, US President Trump posted on his social media platform “Real Social” that Iran failed to seize the opportunity to reach an agreement, so he announced “the harshest economic action ever carried out against any country” against Iran, saying that this would be an “economic war and economic isolation” of an unprecedented scale.