Published Aug 25, 2026, 9:23 AM ET · Updated 3 months ago · 2 sources

Iran vows retaliation after widened US sanctions

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Iran threatened to retaliate after the Trump administration on Monday unveiled a new effort to isolate the Islamic Republic from the global economy and ramp up pressure to bring the nearly six-month-long war to a close and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent shared few details about “Operation Economic Outcast” in highly…