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Economic war: US boasts of "collapsing" Iran's economy with sanctions

26 minutes Posted Feb 7, 2026 at 2:38 pm.

Economic war

USA has sanctioned 1/3rd of countries

Sanctions kill 560,000 people per year

US sanctions on Iran

Trump threatens to bomb Iran (again)

Map of US troops in Middle East

Economic war against Iran

(CLIP) Scott Bessent: "Collapse" Iran

(CLIP) Bessent: Crash Iran currency

(CLIP) Bessent: Stop Iran oil exports

Dollar hegemony & financial system

"Making Iran broke again"

Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman

Inflation & US sanctions on Iran

Goal: "hunger, desperation and overthrow"

"Make the economy scream"

More US sanctions

UN experts: US sanctions are illegal

How to help the Iranian people

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The United States is waging medieval economic war. Donald Trump's "maximum pressure" campaign on Iran is "designed to collapse its already buckling economy", boasted Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. Ben Norton explains how the US is trying to suffocate Iran, Venezuela, and Cuba by collapsing their currencies and causing extreme inflation, using illegal sanctions and blockades.

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