Iran pressure gamble risks prolonging war and roiling oil markets
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s new “economic D-Day” plan to squeeze Iran with sweeping sanctions aims to force Tehran to the negotiating table, but analysts warn it could fail to end the war and may prolong the conflict while keeping energy markets volatile, as Iran hints at further retaliation and China resists unilateral sanctions.
- ‘Purely just up to Iran’: Bessent’s D-Day unlikely to end war, calm energy markets Politico
- Opinion | I was a U.S. diplomat for 20 years. Now I see how the Iran war could be won. The Washington Post
- New US sanctions signal Trump desperation on Iran, experts say Al Jazeera
- Bessent Launches ‘Operation Economic Outcast’ to Isolate and Squeeze Iran WSJ
- FirstFT: China warns US it could retaliate over Iran sanctions Financial Times
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