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  "id": 2922613,
  "title": "U.S. to unveil 'greatest financial offensive' against Iran as Tehran threatens ship seizures",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/u-s-to-unveil-greatest-financial-offensive-against-iran-as-tehran",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-24T02:25:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CNBC World",
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    "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/24/us-iran-war-trump-hormuz-bessent-economic-sanctions-.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The US is set to unveil its greatest financial offensive against Iran. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent described it as \"the single greatest financial offensive ever marshalled against an adversary\" in an opinion piece in the Financial Times. The new economic sanctions, which target Iran's trade partners, are to be announced at a press conference.\n\nIran has responded by threatening to shut down all oil exports from the Gulf if the economic war continues. The two nations have been in conflict for six months, with thousands of people killed, mostly in Iran and Lebanon. Although there have been no military strikes in recent weeks, there have been no meaningful talks to end the conflict either.\n\nThe US and Israel began strikes on February 28, degrading much of Iran's conventional military capacity and inflicting economic pain. Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in the strikes, according to Investing.com. Iran has preserved enough missile and drone capability to attack its Gulf neighbours and threaten oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz.",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/oil-falls-as-us-prepares-to-unveil-new-iran-sanctions",
        "published": "2026-08-23T23:41:12.000Z"
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        "outlet": "CNBC",
        "title": "U.S. to unveil 'greatest financial offensive' against Iran as Tehran threatens ship seizures",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/u-s-to-unveil-greatest-financial-offensive-against-iran-as-tehran-2924302",
        "published": "2026-08-24T02:25:07.000Z"
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        "outlet": "SABC News",
        "title": "Oil falls as US prepares to unveil new Iran sanctions",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/oil-falls-as-us-prepares-to-unveil-new-iran-sanctions",
        "published": "2026-08-24T05:25:07.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Investing.com",
        "title": "Global bonds freeze as U.S. prepares ’greatest financial offensive’ against Iran",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/global-bonds-freeze-as-u-s-prepares-greatest-financial-offensive",
        "published": "2026-08-24T08:11:27.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Iran’s rial currency hits new record low as US prepares to announce more sanctions",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/irans-rial-currency-hits-new-record-low-as-us-prepares-to-announce",
        "published": "2026-08-24T08:28:22.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Associated Press",
        "title": "Iran’s rial currency hits new record low as US prepares to announce more sanctions",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/irans-rial-currency-hits-new-record-low-as-us-prepares-to-announce-2984002",
        "published": "2026-08-24T08:53:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "ABC News (US)",
        "title": "Iran's rial currency hits new record low as US prepares to announce more sanctions",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/irans-rial-currency-hits-new-record-low-as-us-prepares-to-announce-2992140",
        "published": "2026-08-24T09:34:48.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The National Business",
        "title": "Iran's currency hits record low as US prepares to hit Tehran with economic offensive",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/irans-currency-hits-record-low-as-us-prepares-to-hit-tehran-with",
        "published": "2026-08-24T09:49:17.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "NPR",
        "title": "Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to unveil new economic sanctions on Iran",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/treasury-secretary-scott-bessent-to-unveil-new-economic-sanctions-on",
        "published": "2026-08-24T12:26:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}