I mean wasn't the threat of violence always implied though in this specific situation?

I mean the U.S said. Give us almost all of your energy resources, and we will let you trade with a few other countries.

And if you don't then we won't allow anyone who matters to do any business with you.

Then they also had other sanctions put on them when when they were giving them all that uranium. Like the individual citizen wasn't allowed to use systems like PayPal. Which restricted them from doing international freelance work.

I knew an artist from Iran. He told me they also couldn't get most companies to ship things there.

And couldn't sell his art on platforms that used PayPal.

All these rules were to keep Iran and it's people from prospering. This deal from the u.s was agreed upon by Iran out of fear. Not because it was mutually beneficial. That's extortion.