{
  "id": 6469765,
  "title": "Rubio vows to ‘strangle’ Iran economically",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/rubio-vows-to-strangle-iran-economically",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-09T20:07:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Middle East Eye",
    "slug": "middle-east-eye",
    "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/rubio-vows-strangle-iran-economically"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Rubio vows to ‘strangle’ Iran economically US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday that the US will continue to target Iranian oil tankers in retaliation for attacks on their warships, adding that Washington aims to “strangle” Tehran economically. “At the end of the day, they continue to fire at our naval ships and when they fire at our naval ships, they pay a price in tankers,” Rubio…",
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}