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  "id": 3244959,
  "title": "China, Iran shrug off US threats of economic war",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/china-iran-shrug-off-us-threats-of-economic-war",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-25T10:41:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Semafor",
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    "url": "https://www.semafor.com/article/08/25/2026/beijing-tehran-shrug-off-us-new-economic-war-with-iran"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Beijing and Tehran dismissed US warnings of an economic D-day, after the US Treasury secretary threatened wide-ranging measures against countries doing business with Iran.",
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        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "China says its cooperation with Iran should not be disrupted",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/china-says-its-cooperation-with-iran-should-not-be-disrupted",
        "published": "2026-08-25T07:49:51.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
        "title": "China’s J-16s face off against Egypt’s Rafales in combat drills as Iran war rumbles on",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/chinas-j-16s-face-off-against-egypts-rafales-in-combat-drills-as-iran",
        "published": "2026-08-25T10:00:11.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Daily Times",
        "title": "China opposes US sanctions threat over Iran trade",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/china-opposes-us-sanctions-threat-over-iran-trade",
        "published": "2026-08-25T10:27:48.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "BBC News",
        "title": "China warns it will safeguard its interests after US widens sanctions against Iran",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/china-warns-it-will-safeguard-its-interests-after-us-widens-sanctions",
        "published": "2026-08-25T10:56:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "How the US sanctions on Iran impact China",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/how-the-us-sanctions-on-iran-impact-china",
        "published": "2026-08-25T11:30:08.000Z"
      }
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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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