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  "title": "US expands 'Operation Economic Outcast' sanctions against Iran",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/us-expands-operation-economic-outcast-sanctions-against-iran",
  "topic": "world",
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  "published": "2026-08-29T15:53:56.000Z",
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  "summary": "The US State Department announced new sanctions targeting financial channels that allegedly enable Iran to access the global financial system and US dollar.",
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        "outlet": "Daily Times",
        "title": "Iran foreign trade falls 35% amid sanctions",
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        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "War weighs on Iran's economy as US intensifies sanctions",
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        "published": "2026-08-29T12:02:00.000Z"
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        "outlet": "The Times of Israel",
        "title": "Iran vows to stand firm against fresh sanctions and US-Israeli ‘conspiracies’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/iran-vows-to-stand-firm-against-fresh-sanctions-and-us-israeli",
        "published": "2026-08-29T12:14:02.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Dawn",
        "title": "War weighs on Iran's economy as US intensifies sanctions",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/war-weighs-on-irans-economy-as-us-intensifies-sanctions-4205234",
        "published": "2026-08-29T13:56:55.000Z"
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