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  "id": 3021583,
  "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",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-24T12:26:00.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/08/24/g-s1-139743/treasury-secretary-scott-bessent-to-unveil-new-economic-sanctions-on-iran"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Trump administration calls this \"economic D-Day\" on Iran. Iran vows to respond to fresh sanctions in a \"seismic manner.\"",
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        "published": "2026-08-23T23:41:12.000Z"
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        "title": "U.S. to unveil 'greatest financial offensive' against Iran as Tehran threatens ship seizures",
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        "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"
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      {
        "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"
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        "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"
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      {
        "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"
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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."
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