{
  "id": 4707563,
  "title": "Bessent defends sanctions push as US, Iran trade strikes",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/bessent-defends-sanctions-push-as-us-iran-trade-strikes",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-31T18:03:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Al-Monitor",
    "slug": "al-monitor",
    "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/08/bessent-defends-sanctions-push-us-iran-trade-strikes"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The top Treasury official spoke a week after launching a new economic squeeze on Iran.",
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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."
}