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  "id": 3245802,
  "title": "Oil prices decline as investors brush aside Bessent’s ‘economic D-Day’ for Iran",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/oil-prices-decline-as-investors-brush-aside-bessents-economic-d-day-3245802",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-25T10:45:00.000Z",
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    "url": "https://www.marketwatch.com/story/oil-prices-decline-as-investors-brush-aside-bessents-economic-d-day-for-iran-f318b614?mod=mw_rss_topstories"
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  "summary": "West Texas Intermediate and Brent crude’s contracts for October delivery both declined by about 3%.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Bloomberg",
        "title": "The US‘s Economic `D-Day’ for Iran Doesn’t Live Up to Bessent’s Hype",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/the-us-s-economic-d-day-for-iran-doesnt-live-up-to-bessents-hype",
        "published": "2026-08-25T11:15:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Investing.com",
        "title": "Oil prices decline as markets digest wider U.S. sanctions on Iran",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/oil-prices-decline-as-markets-digest-wider-u-s-sanctions-on-iran",
        "published": "2026-08-25T12:56:59.000Z"
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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."
}