Trump Says He’s Ordered Substantial Increase on Iran Sanctions

Smoke is seen following a fire at an Aramco factory in Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia, on Sept. 14, 2019. Stringer/Reuters

President Donald Trump said he has asked the U.S. Treasury Department to increase sanctions on Iran following attacks on Saudi oil production facilities.

“I have just instructed the Secretary of the Treasury to substantially increase Sanctions on the country of Iran!” President Trump wrote in a tweet on Wednesday, Sept. 18.