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‘Bring more failures’: Iran dismisses US economic threats - Las Vegas Review-Journal

Las Vegas Review-Journal · August 20, 2026

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent threatened Iran with "the greatest coordinated economic isolation in the history of the world" on Thursday, including secondary sanctions on countries and companies conducting business with Tehran. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi rejected the threats, calling them "failed policies" that would strengthen anti-American sentiment. Meanwhile, Doctors Without Borders demanded an independent investigation after Israel's military refused to open criminal inquiries into two strikes that killed four of the organization's staff members in Gaza.

In separate developments, six European nations and Canada condemned Israel's expansion of a settlement project near Jerusalem. A mass funeral was held in Gaza City for 50 people killed in Israeli airstrikes nearly three years prior whose remains were recently recovered.

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