{
  "id": 2509843,
  "title": "US sanctions 'declaration of war on all nations', Iran says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/us-sanctions-declaration-of-war-on-all-nations-iran-says",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-22T05:54:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Middle East Eye",
    "slug": "middle-east-eye",
    "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/us-sanctions-declaration-war-all-nations-iran-says"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson, Esmaeil Baghaei, asserts that the recent US sanctions against Iran can be interpreted as a \"declaration of war\" on all nations. Fars news agency reports that Baghaei stated the new sanctions go beyond an \"illegal economic war against a single nation.\" He claims the announcement seeks to assert the US's extraterritorial sovereignty over all independent UN member states.\n\nBaghaei argues that no government possesses the authority to compel foreign banks, enterprises, or airports, each operating within its own sovereign jurisdiction, to refrain from engaging in legitimate trade with a third country. He contends that these secondary sanctions lack any foundation in international law and violate the principle of sovereign equality enshrined in the UN Charter's Article 2, Paragraph 1.\n\nBaghaei warns that yielding to such intimidation would result in the complete erosion of national sovereignty and represent a catastrophic return to colonialism.",
  "summary": "US sanctions 'declaration of war on all nations', Iran says Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson, Esmaeil Baghaei, says new US sanctions against Iran amounted to a “declaration of war” on all countries and went beyond “an illegal economic war against a single nation”, according to Iran’s Fars news agency. Baghaei said: “The announcement of new sanctions represents an attempt by the United States…",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/us-iran-keep-up-hostile-rhetoric-ahead-of-new-sanctions",
        "published": "2026-08-22T01:12:27.000Z"
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      {
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        "title": "US, Iran keep up hostile rhetoric ahead of new sanctions",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/us-iran-keep-up-hostile-rhetoric-ahead-of-new-sanctions-2490080",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Jakarta Post",
        "title": "US, Iran keep up hostile rhetoric ahead of new sanctions",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/us-iran-keep-up-hostile-rhetoric-ahead-of-new-sanctions-2504812",
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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."
}