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Mon · 24 Aug 2026

US to Warn Nations: Cut Iran Ties or Lose Dollar Access

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US to Warn Nations: Cut Iran Ties or Lose Dollar Access

💵 DOLLAR — The threat isn't sanctions. It's expulsion from the financial system itself. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Threatening dollar exclusion goes beyond OFAC listings — it targets correspondent banking, sovereign reserves, and trade settlement for any country that refuses to choose. This is the enforcement mechanism behind Bessent's "Economic D-Day." Beijing is the primary addressee; every other nation is collateral pressure. The variable: how many non-aligned states fold before China decides.

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