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America’s new sanctions are unlikely to topple Iran’s regime
The warnings were apocalyptic. An „economic D-Day” was looming for Iran, blustered Donald Trump. It would be „the single greatest financial offensive ever marshalled against an adversary”, declared Scott Bessent, America’s treasury secretary.
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