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US threatens severe sanctions against countries with economic ties to Iran

Washington launches campaign to isolate Tehran but it is unclear whether it will apply measures to China The US has threatened to impose severe sanctions against any country or entity maintaining economic ties with Iran, hoping to achieve with economic measures what military means have so far failed to do. It is unclear, however, how far the Trump administration is prepared to go in confronting China, Iran’s biggest

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#2445
First seen
24 Aug 2026, 20:25 UTC
Last checked
25 Aug 2026, 11:42 UTC
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Current fingerprint
9013309f3860...a7690a
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Recorded article metadata

Publisher
The Guardian
Country
England / United Kingdom
Source published
24 Aug 2026, 18:57 UTC
Source updated
No update timestamp supplied
Byline
Julian Borger Senior international correspondent
Section
US-Israel war on Iran
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Washington launches campaign to isolate Tehran but it is unclear whether it will apply measures to China The US has threatened to impose severe sanctions against any country or entity maintaining economic ties with Iran, hoping to achieve with economic measures what military means have so far failed to do. It is unclear, however, how far the Trump administration is prepared to go in confronting China, Iran’s biggest
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    US threatens severe sanctions against countries with economic ties to Iran

    Washington launches campaign to isolate Tehran but it is unclear whether it will apply measures to China The US has threatened to impose severe sanctions against any country or entity maintaining economic ties with Iran, hoping to achieve with economic measures what military means have so far failed to do. It is unclear, however, how far the Trump administration is prepared to go in confronting China, Iran’s biggest

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  • machine content-type Reported news observable-rules-v1 / 70% rule confidence
  • publisher category Iran rss-category
  • publisher category Middle East and north Africa rss-category
  • publisher category Trump administration rss-category
  • publisher category US foreign policy rss-category
  • publisher category US news rss-category
  • publisher category US-Israel war on Iran rss-category
  • publisher category World news rss-category
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Capture ID
#2116
Observed
24 Aug 2026, 20:25 UTC
HTTP result
200 / parsed
Raw payload
467,366 bytes, private gzip evidence
Collector
news-ledger/0.1
Public boundary
metadata and excerpt