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Bessent warns 'economic D-Day' coming for Iran in Financial Times op-ed
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In a Financial Times op-ed, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent wrote that 'at dawn begins an economic D-Day — the single greatest financial offensive ever marshalled against an adversary,' aimed at severing 'every economic lifeline' of the regime, and warned countries that buy and ship Iran's oil or let their banks be used. He gave no details ahead of a news conference set for Monday at 2 p.m. ET.
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Bessent also warned that if Iran answered economic measures militarily, Trump would 'respond swiftly and decisively.'
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