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Iran faces 'greatest financial offensive ever', says US treasury secretary
Finn Gomez/Getty Images By Mitchell Labiak and Michael Race , Business reporters Published 24 August 2026, 11:39 BST Updated 2 hours ago…
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Finn Gomez/Getty Images By Mitchell Labiak and Michael Race , Business reporters Published 24 August 2026, 11:39 BST Updated 2 hours ago The US treasury secretary has threated Iran with "the single greatest financial offensive ever", claiming the US-Israel war with Iran was "entering its endgame". Scott Bessent said the US would sever all economic ties with the country in "an economic D-Day" and that any nation partnering with Iran financially would also be isolated.
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