{
  "id": 1512405,
  "title": "Battered by war, Iran’s rulers wary of more economic pain and unrest if US tightens pressure",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/battered-by-war-irans-rulers-wary-of-more-economic-pain-and-unrest-if",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-17T15:46:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Al-Monitor",
    "slug": "al-monitor",
    "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/08/battered-war-irans-rulers-wary-more-economic-pain-and-unrest-if-us-tightens"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Even as Iran projects resilience in the war with the United States, its leaders are worried that a threat of more economic punishment by Donald Trump could increase hardships, reignite unrest and further erode the Islamic Republic’s legitimacy. The U.S. president vowed on Friday to hit Iran hard economically, a day after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent…",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "War-battered Iran wary of economic pain, unrest if US tightens pressure",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/war-battered-iran-wary-of-economic-pain-unrest-if-us-tightens-pressure",
        "published": "2026-08-17T15:47:02.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}