VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-08-20
“It is a one-two punch. We have the blockade [on Iran], and we are going to have the toughest sanctions in history,”
Scott Bessent · said 2026-08-20 · reported 2026-08-20
Bessent explained the two-pronged US approach of a blockade and new sanctions on Iran.
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