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  "id": 6891487,
  "title": "How a billion-dollar sanctions dodge kept Chinese goods flowing to Iran",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/how-a-billion-dollar-sanctions-dodge-kept-chinese-goods-flowing-to",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-12T07:43:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Japan Times",
    "slug": "japan-times",
    "url": "https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/09/12/china-iran-secret-trade-mechanism/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The secretive trade mechanism, in which Iranian oil is exchanged for credits for Chinese imports, has provided a financial lifeline for Tehran.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Middle East Eye",
        "title": "Iran’s UN envoy calls new aviation sanctions ‘economic terrorism’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/irans-un-envoy-calls-new-aviation-sanctions-economic-terrorism",
        "published": "2026-09-10T05:45:27.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Ajel English",
        "title": "Secret mechanism enabled Iran to import Chinese goods despite US sanctions",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/secret-mechanism-enabled-iran-to-import-chinese-goods-despite-us",
        "published": "2026-09-10T07:19:26.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Business Recorder",
        "title": "How a billion-dollar sanctions dodge kept Chinese goods flowing to Iran",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/how-a-billion-dollar-sanctions-dodge-kept-chinese-goods-flowing-to",
        "published": "2026-09-10T08:11:15.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Times",
        "title": "Iran starts barter trade with China amid US sanctions",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/iran-starts-barter-trade-with-china-amid-us-sanctions",
        "published": "2026-09-10T10:18:39.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}