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  "id": 3130598,
  "title": "Oil prices fall as Bessent outlines new steps to punish Iran",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/oil-prices-fall-as-bessent-outlines-new-steps-to-punish-iran-3130598",
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  "published": "2026-08-24T16:30:24.000Z",
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    "name": "Al-Monitor",
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  "summary": "Oil prices retreated as US Treasury Secretary outlined plans for more sanctions to punish Iran while stock markets mostly faltered on Monday as investors looked ahead to key US inflation data and earnings from Nvidia. While late August is typically a slow news period for markets, the US-Iran war, a trade battle between the United States and Canada and results from artificial intelligence…",
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      {
        "outlet": "PBS NewsHour",
        "title": "WATCH LIVE: Bessent expected to announce new round of Iran sanctions",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/watch-live-bessent-expected-to-announce-new-round-of-iran-sanctions",
        "published": "2026-08-24T16:30:21.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "(URGENT) Bessent highlights digital assets, technology, gold, aviation, shipping for anti-Iran secondary sanctions",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/urgent-bessent-highlights-digital-assets-technology-gold-aviation",
        "published": "2026-08-24T17:18:12.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Bloomberg",
        "title": "Bessent Says ‘Wave of Sanctions’ to Come on Iran",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/bessent-says-wave-of-sanctions-to-come-on-iran",
        "published": "2026-08-24T18:06:17.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Oil prices fall as Bessent outlines new steps to punish Iran",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/oil-prices-fall-as-bessent-outlines-new-steps-to-punish-iran",
        "published": "2026-08-24T21:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "Oil prices steady as investors weigh impact of expanded US sanctions against Iran",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/oil-prices-steady-as-investors-weigh-impact-of-expanded-us-sanctions",
        "published": "2026-08-25T00:25:00.000Z"
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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."
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