{"id":144779,"date":"2026-08-20T18:04:43","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T18:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/20\/bessent-says-us-will-impose-toughest-ever-sanctions-on-iran-urges-china-to-cooperate-reuters\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T18:04:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T18:04:43","slug":"bessent-says-us-will-impose-toughest-ever-sanctions-on-iran-urges-china-to-cooperate-reuters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/20\/bessent-says-us-will-impose-toughest-ever-sanctions-on-iran-urges-china-to-cooperate-reuters\/","title":{"rendered":"Bessent says US will impose toughest ever sanctions on Iran, urges China to cooperate &#8211; Reuters"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivAFBVV95cUxOUlFnUHhPNjlxRW5kTy03TFctOE1ST1NabGVNalozY2hiR2RKcEtfV1ZRblJ1VlJXQXRNem1yZmpIRVVYUjJOd2pzWElTX0JVeXZVR1V1Tk5NOG5oWWUtRVZzWDNFOE5KbE1VNmtubXdodnVzQ1RZMFV3TnpUUXVHM1N5MXZqZTBtdW1iUG8xS18wdi1ranhQQXpfVDdiYnRsc09iN3JtbEhZTVIwS202X0lmSkF2V0c2dFV5NQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Bessent says US will impose toughest ever sanctions on Iran, urges China to cooperate<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Reuters<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMie0FVX3lxTE5VR2cycmtJQVFMeVVSb19lUEJUS1U2RkVWUDVPSGo5WF9WUHVDOXhmSVZlMXlFcVJpVlY4elJNY2ttLWFsUzFKMmpuRnBvQ0VmUlNUdlNFWUxQZHhwbVNudnRuVTBuc2I1MzNPemo2cWYtVTBZZEkySjVEbw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump has a new plan to crush Iran\u2019s economy. But will he stay the course?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNN<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE9MOUpxR0VLZHYtWllTZWxtUklUanM1R2tDOEhsZlJLRldrV1pmWWxBTHYtRnROUDlUZmkzUEx6VTJvNFh1MmxUYTNkNEl5X0R2SEQzSWFnTUdGdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Scott Bessent urges US partners to back plans to &#8216;squash&#8217; Iran economy<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">BBC<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikgFBVV95cUxNZkdIenNtYjE2aTdYcWJSano5dVFYMXE5MVdEa0VnVWJ6R3NMempHVjdfNVU1clJZd2RRY2VRcUtJR2xWZzJFUzI3MDNlWUR2aUtqYmFPRXhLSGdFMHZESXlRYUU3dmhoZTJKcGIzR0N5SEhzTGdtRTFPank2V2NraWUyYVFQbU1VRmdZX0FidVplQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Iran dismisses Trump\u2019s \u2018economic D-Day\u2019 as distraction from America&#8217;s fiscal problems<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Fox News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijwFBVV95cUxOLWYteDRBcHMwRkVvaExPRVoyTVdQVkpsaFZwNnJVaTQ5MVVrX1hrVG11Z1E5Vkh6VHpvQUpTMEkyZVE3TFlyTTE1ZHdWRjBYLXlhMEFqM2kzYVhLbFcyVWxFQzhQNzhfaENpNFNWbk1aTVF6TE1PUFVuYW9kQXR6dDZPU0dpNTlkb0libzF6QQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump Threat Puts Focus on Iran\u2019s Trading Partners<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bessent says US will impose toughest ever sanctions on Iran, urges China to cooperate&nbsp;&nbsp;Reuters Trump has a new plan to crush Iran\u2019s economy. But will&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/20\/bessent-says-us-will-impose-toughest-ever-sanctions-on-iran-urges-china-to-cooperate-reuters\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-144779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144779\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}