{
  "id": 3798302,
  "title": "Iran's Ghalibaf accuses US of 'funnelling billions' into 'terrorist proxy, Israel'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/irans-ghalibaf-accuses-us-of-funnelling-billions-into-terrorist-proxy",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-27T18:43:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Middle East Eye",
    "slug": "middle-east-eye",
    "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/irans-ghalibaf-accuses-us-funnelling-billions-terrorist-proxy-israel"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Iran's Parliamentary Speaker Muhammad Bagher Ghalibaf has criticized U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's remarks on Iran's economy. Ghalibaf took to X on Thursday, responding to Bessent's accusations that Iran is squandering massive amounts of money overseas. Ghalibaf wrote that instead of funneling billions to its \"terrorist proxy, Israel, and 750 bases,\" the U.S. should invest that money in its own people. He expressed skepticism about Bessent's credibility, urging them to do something about it.",
  "summary": "Iran's Ghalibaf accuses US of 'funnelling billions' into 'terrorist proxy, Israel' Iran’s Parliamentary Speaker Muhammad Bagher Ghalibaf has slammed US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s comments on Iran’s economy in a post on X on Thursday. Ghalibaf wrote: “Instead of funneling billions to its terrorist proxy, Israel, and 750 bases, this failing empire could spend that cash on its own people,…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}