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U.S. will impose 'toughest sanctions in history' on Iran, Bessent says
Japan Today
The U.S. will impose "the toughest sanctions in history" on Iran, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Thursday, a focus on economic measures he suggested would lessen the need…
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