{
  "id": 3618809,
  "title": "Iran’s foreign ministry calls US economic plan to isolate Tehran 'pure parody'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/irans-foreign-ministry-calls-us-economic-plan-to-isolate-tehran-pure",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-26T23:45:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Middle East Eye",
    "slug": "middle-east-eye",
    "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/irans-foreign-ministry-calls-us-economic-plan-isolate-tehran-pure-parody"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Iran's foreign ministry spokesman, Esmaeil Baqaei, has mocked the US economic plan to isolate Tehran, calling it a \"pure parody.\" In a post on X, Baqaei stated that Washington's Iran policy has reached a level of absurdity. He criticized the US for turning to Bahrain, a nation with minimal economic ties to Iran, to demonstrate the success of its \"coalition.\" This move comes after a recent call between US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Bahraini Finance Minister Sheikh Salman bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, where they discussed the latest sanctions imposed on Tehran. Baqaei further pointed out that the sanctions are being extended to areas like Iranian sports and academic exchanges, which have already been largely inactive for years. He described the US strategy as sanctioning entities that are already under sanctions and then labeling the lack of progress as a \"coalition.\"",
  "summary": "Iran’s foreign ministry calls US economic plan to isolate Tehran 'pure parody' Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei mocked the US economic plan to isolate Tehran as \"pure parody\". \"Washington’s Iran policy has reached pure parody,\" he said in a post on X. \"It turns to Bahrain - a country with virtually no meaningful economic exchange with Iran - to prove that its “coalition” is…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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      }
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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."
}