{"id":148672,"date":"2026-08-24T23:27:29","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T23:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/24\/bessent-unveils-sweeping-new-iran-sanctions-but-delays-toughest-blow-the-washington-post\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T23:27:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T23:27:29","slug":"bessent-unveils-sweeping-new-iran-sanctions-but-delays-toughest-blow-the-washington-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/24\/bessent-unveils-sweeping-new-iran-sanctions-but-delays-toughest-blow-the-washington-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Bessent unveils sweeping new Iran sanctions but delays toughest blow &#8211; The Washington Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipwFBVV95cUxOcFhKYWdzQ1RSVzB5dEs3NDRxTmZ6MzBPZXpidVhlSmp1YXEyUXhXa1Q4bEZTRC1NTE90VmxfT05ZMFZUXzlrNHA1Q0xsQmQ1NFUxWUNmdE8xUGI4UEZIbUM1VzJxenp6a3RJU09RY1dQRmtlb2VjTXZqMDdCOFg5X2w1S1JQdGVoRTJ6dDFxcW5QSWs0LTBBRlk3aW51Z24tall0SzhqYw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Bessent unveils sweeping new Iran sanctions but delays toughest blow<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Washington Post<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijgFBVV95cUxOYzNIaDJOY0FuRzFnNjJzajJFZm1xNGktcy1kV2IxajNtbEJfSkZ3U2hKUldvUXR1TEpvUkNlYWlnS0tyTEk5NjY1YTBrUVduOXoxaTBNZTR0OGNxeGE2c3pyaHgtdkcyMEJnQUJveTRtcmFBVGpkUkRhYTJMaXJ0RDhqS3B2WkI3RmE3NThR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Attempt to Strangle Iran\u2019s Economy Depends on China\u2019s Cooperation<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiowFBVV95cUxNTUpiTUJUSEFOX2MzZ2JHenZWMURROUE3bldXVkY2a2ZQek5zM1VUdk1HQjNMdV92ZTlnMU9lSk9YczQ4M2lzZkV4MUFILVJUaFZIazJtUnNFNm1ZbFNrRHJEZk9LNTE4THhuVW94ZjMzbENaN0FwVjJrMHlNc2hoai1QaXFLc2k0eFZYZ3lfblRfZjFueDRSMV9weUhXX3dOZmJj0gGoAUFVX3lxTE5fVEhqQk1mOFY2RWpzX2Q5SVpHb1pZWmZpQmhkVG1xdWFSdFRoN0t5NjE0UHVOY3VWdlpZdUxKTnJSV3lIYnVsS1NhUTVuZzRJZWJfWFdHZVVuM2hic1FiWXNnNXhTWVRlVTk4UkVIMzhOSmpvUzMyYkZBbkNjaWtVUkVnZVJXTVVjcnFHNVZWbFN2M21YemZVbW1oOVRxS01tZFA2WGdWbQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Dollar struggles for traction as markets weigh Iran sanctions, Treasury buybacks<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNBC<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqgFBVV95cUxPTGZNZEVVcUhYY2xmSVRzUlZPSVpwcVphcFZjcm5sS2dfdmE0MmlNZHFIS0J1NXJwcHhLdlFVLVdVTTBOblRDOTlLY25jajFoMmh6SjhmZy0xazlJdTRlTl82Z05sVEQyNHZBRE1HNnRZR2hRREFodHlFUlcxazF0TU43TTRJU0dxWURfLTZNeGZBUC0xS2xySV9xMVJmc3Zka010Q3EwcW13QQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Bessent Launches \u2018Operation Economic Outcast\u2019 to Isolate and Squeeze Iran<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">WSJ<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitAFBVV95cUxPLVViODVsMEI2MVdqaFhiVFVzaUlZa0xlQVRoc21Cc0JwMVhvUWdoT0FIZlFlMnM4OTZkZ2JNZjREckd5aGswajhBTFFjbFotTmRHazdQTmVERUtoSnV6RmYyaGEyMTBLaG1JWWFWUW5md2djNW9veTV2R05zMmdWb1lqS3FVWU1ZNmpUQmdCd0Y5Q1ZlNm5JOWJvM2g3bFZjTE9ucHg4V2pmM3duQjNpVkRSSEs?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Bessent\u2019s Iran D-Day Threat Hinges on Willingness to Hit China<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Bloomberg.com<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bessent unveils sweeping new Iran sanctions but delays toughest blow&nbsp;&nbsp;The Washington Post U.S. Attempt to Strangle Iran\u2019s Economy Depends on China\u2019s Cooperation&nbsp;&nbsp;The New York Times&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/24\/bessent-unveils-sweeping-new-iran-sanctions-but-delays-toughest-blow-the-washington-post\/\" 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-148672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148672","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=148672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148672\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}