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Bessent Says U.S. Economic Offensive Against Iran Begins at Dawn

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the United States is entering the endgame against Iran and that an economic offensive will begin at dawn. He described the campaign as the largest financial offensive assembled against an adversary and said the Trump administration would use every agency and authority to sever Iran's economic lifelines. Bessent also said President Donald Trump had destroyed nearly 100% of Iran's military factories and buried its nuclear program. The official post did not identify specific sanctions, targets, dollar amounts, or an implementation mechanism.

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Courtroom-sketch editorial illustration of the city of Tabriz in Iran; contextual illustration, not the reported event.

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