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1. Article · Aug 15, 2026 · Magdalena Del Valle

   What Bessent’s economic isolation of Iran could look like | Fortune (opens the original)

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   Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the US is getting ready to squeeze Iran with unprecedented economic pressure, a claim critics greeted with skepticism given the country is already subject to a naval blockade and thousands of sanctions. While the Trump administration hasn’t said what it’s planning to do, there are still pressure points that Bessent’s Treasury Department could hit. The main challenge is that targeting the remaining options risk blowback on the US economy. “Unless the presiden

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2. Article · Aug 13, 2026 · Magdalena Del Valle

   Trump Pivots to Economic Squeeze of ‘Entrenched’ Iran Regime | Fortune (opens the original)

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   The US military campaign against Iran has so far failed to force the regime to capitulate. The Trump administration is betting once again that suffocating economic pressure will do the job. Facing a shortfall of necessary munitions and wary of continuing an unpopular war, Trump and his top officials are returning to a familiar playbook: relying on a steady increase in economic sanctions and a naval blockade to stifle Iran’s oil exports. The renewed emphasis on economic pain — it was dubbed “Maxi

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