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Trump gives every nation an easy choice: Do business with America or terrorist Iran

Iran faces an estimated 10% economic contraction with inflation eating away at the value of its currency

By Victoria Coates Fox News

Published August 27, 2026 5:00am EDT

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Iran threatens retaliation as US expands sanctions

Former Pentagon official Brent Sadler joins 'America Reports' to analyze U.S. military operations and economic sanctions on Iran.

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When President Donald Trump announced last week that he would subject Iran to unprecedented economic pressure, critics crowed that this shift was tantamount to an admission that Operation Epic Fury had failed. Yet such a policy is not only completely consistent with the president’s approach during his first term, but has a significantly greater chance of working because of Epic Fury’s actual military success.

Now, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s announcement of the so-called "D-Day" sanctions of Operation Economic Outcast, the pressure on Iran is about to become intolerable, giving Trump overwhelming leverage to force the nuclear deal he wants on Tehran.

Between 2019 and 2021, Trump directed the implementation of the Maximum Pressure campaign against Iran. The most aggressive sanctions program in modern history, it was designed to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon by starving it of the economic resources to build one.

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