WORLDSTORY 532· AUGUST 14, 2026

U.S. prepares Iran pressure campaign described as without precedent

The United States is moving toward an economic pressure campaign against Iran that Bessent describes as without historical parallel. Economic isolation, the deliberate severing of a country

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