Iran Shifts Military Policy as US Tightens Economic Sanctions
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Iran is changing its military plan. Before, Iran wanted to defend itself. Now, Iran may want to attack first. This is a big change.
The change comes because of the United States. The US government, led by President Trump, is making sanctions on Iran stronger. Sanctions are rules that stop trade and money between countries.
The US Treasury Secretary said the sanctions will get bigger. More secondary sanctions will start too. Secondary sanctions punish other countries that do business with Iran.
The US wants to start what people call an 'economic D-Day' against Iran. This means very strong economic action, like a big attack but with money instead of weapons.
Iran has warned it might stop all its oil exports. Oil exports are when a country sells its oil to other countries. This is very important money for Iran.
People are worried about how Iran will react. Experts are thinking about different scenarios, or possible situations, that could happen next.
Vocabulary15 words
- military
- about soldiers, war, and defense
- sanctions
- rules that stop money or trade with a country
- secondary sanctions
- punishment for other countries that trade with a sanctioned country
- oil exports
- selling oil to other countries
- scenarios
- possible things that could happen
- Treasury Secretary
- the government person in charge of money
- policy
- a plan or rule from a government
- defend
- to protect from attack
- attack
- to fight against someone first
- government
- the people who run a country
- warn
- to tell people about danger
- economic
- about money and trade
- president
- the leader of a country
- stronger
- more powerful
- change
- to become different
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1. Its military policy 2. Through stronger economic sanctions 3. True
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Iran is changing its _____ plan. Before, Iran wanted to _____ itself. Now, Iran may want to _____ first. This is a big change.
The change comes because of the United States. The US government, led by President Trump, is making _____ on Iran stronger.
The US Treasury Secretary said the sanctions will get bigger. More _____ sanctions will start too.
The US wants to start what people call an '_____ D-Day' against Iran.
Iran has warned it might stop all its oil _____. This is very important money for Iran.
People are worried about how Iran will react. Experts are thinking about different _____ that could happen next.
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