Trump Restores 'Maximum Pressure' Campaign on Iran, Which Raked in $140 Billion During Period of Lax Sanctions Enforcement Under Biden

"President Donald Trump has restored his "maximum pressure" sanctions campaign on Iran in a bid to eliminate the country’s illicit oil exports. An executive order, which Trump signed on Tuesday afternoon, will reverse the Biden administration’s perennial lax sanctions enforcement that brought Tehran more than $140 billion in profits… Under the Biden administration, however, Iran raked in more than $140 billion from its illicit oil sales, primarily to China, according to figures compiled by the advocacy group United Against Nuclear Iran. "China has proven the savior of Tehran by continuing to import millions of barrels of oil every single day, and imports have likely even exceeded those made when the trade was not subject to U.S. sanctions," the organization reported in late December, just before Trump took office. "