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  "id": 2283326,
  "title": "US vows to 'collapse' Iran with new sanctions as energy prices spike",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/us-vows-to-collapse-iran-with-new-sanctions-as-energy-prices-spike",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-21T02:21:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Middle East Eye",
    "slug": "middle-east-eye",
    "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/us-vows-collapse-iran-new-sanctions-energy-prices-spike"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "US vows to 'collapse' Iran with new sanctions as energy prices spike The US will impose \"the toughest sanctions in history” on Iran, Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent said on Thursday, vowing to ramp up economic pressure on the Islamic Republic even as the economic toll of the war builds. \"It is a one-two punch. We have the blockade [on Iran], and we are going to have the toughest sanctions…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Middle East Eye",
        "title": "US vows to 'collapse' Iran with new sanctions as energy prices spike",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/us-vows-to-collapse-iran-with-new-sanctions-as-energy-prices-spike",
        "published": "2026-08-20T19:03:48.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "US threatens 'toughest sanctions in history' on Iran; oil prices surge as Trump warns of 'economic warfare'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/us-threatens-toughest-sanctions-in-history-on-iran-oil-prices-surge",
        "published": "2026-08-20T20:29:07.000Z"
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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."
}