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Iran prepares to keep economy alive as US threatens further sanctions

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · · 1192 words · By Edna Mohamed; Maziar Motamedi
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Iran prepares to keep economy alive as US threatens further sanctions Iran’s authorities say they could shift to offensive operations as Washington considers further sanctions.

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What happened

Iran prepares to keep economy alive as US threatens further sanctions Iran’s authorities say they could shift to offensive operations as Washington considers further sanctions.

Why it matters

Amid trade embargoes, asset freezes and attacks on ships as part of a naval blockade, Washington has announced a plan to enact a new wave of restrictions on Iran, targeting its economy.

Common ground

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said last Thursday that the United States was planning to inflict more economic damage on Tehran as early as this week.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder identified 1 propaganda technique in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 12 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “During the brief ceasefire period established under the MoU, the blockade was lifted for several weeks in late June and early July”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant Instagram links and does not mention a ceasefire or the lifting of a blockade.
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web search NEUTRAL — Queremos que Instagram sea un lugar donde las personas se inspiren cada día. Fomentamos una comunidad segura y agradable donde las personas puedan expresarse, sentirse más cerca de sus seres queridos …
https://www.meta.com/es-la/instagram/
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web search NEUTRAL — Create an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you.
https://www.instagram.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — 687M Followers, 292 Following, 8,584 Posts - Instagram (@instagram) on Instagram: "Discover what's new on Instagram 🔎 "
https://www.instagram.com/instagram/
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Claim 2: “Iran’s oil exports have stopped once again since the breakdown of the deal”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant search results regarding Microsoft billing and technical disk errors, providing no information on Iranian oil exports.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 26, 2024 · マイクロソフトから毎月260円の引き落されているのですが、何かわからず、解約したいのですが、どうしたらいいのかわからないです。 Microsoft365Basicの月額料金プランに入ってるのでしょう。無料プランを使ってると頻繁に出てくるMicrosoftのおすすめに従って、はいはいとやってると初月無料の ...
https://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q12…
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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 17, 2015 · 同じく、MSFT＊OFFICEというところから1274円請求、引き落としをされています。カード会社に問い合わせたところ、MSFT*OFFICEはコンピュータ・ネットワーク、 情報サービス の 加盟店 となり、 Microsoft だとの事でした。 また、カード会社にもそれ以上のデータはないとの回答で、モヤモヤしてい ...
https://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q10…
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web search NEUTRAL — Oct 15, 2012 · Wie gesagt, habe ich mittlerweile 1000e Msft Vitual Disk SCSI Disk Devices im Gerätemanager stehen, kann mir jemand bestätigen, daß sowas normal ist? Ich vermute, daß diese Einträge das…
https://administrator.de/forum/msft-vitual-disk-scsi-disk-de…
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Claim 3: “Iran’s parliament speaker and top negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, told state media on Tuesday that the Strait of Hormuz would remain closed until the US meets the conditions of the now-expired MoU.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf stated the Strait of Hormuz would remain closed until the US meets MoU conditions.
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web search NEUTRAL — "I want to state clearly that the Strait of Hormuz will not be opened until the American commitments stipulated in the Memorandum of Understanding are implemented," Ghalibaf said in the address, broad…
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/region/hormuz-will-not-reopen-u…
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web search NEUTRAL — Iran vowed on Tuesday it will not reopen the Strait of Hormuz until the US lifted its naval blockade and released frozen Iranian assets, fulfilling its commitments under a memorandum of understanding …
https://saudigazette.com.sa/article/663844/world/irans-top-n…
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web search NEUTRAL — Speaker of the Iranian Parliament Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf in Tehran, Iran on April 16, 2026.Iran vowed Tuesday it will not reopen the Strait of Hormuz until the US fulfills its commitments under a me…
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260818-iran-says-hormuz-…
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Claim 4: “Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said last Thursday that the United States was planning to inflict more economic damage on Tehran as early as this week.”
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Multiple web search results confirm Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced plans to sanction Iranian banks 'this week'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Bessent is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Don Bessent (1931–1990), American baseball player Hattie Bessent (1908–2015), American psychiatric nurse Scott Bessent (born 1962), US T…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessent
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Scott Kenneth Homer Bessent ( BESS-ənt; born August 21, 1962) is an American businessman, financial commentator, and government official serving since 2025 as the 79th United States secretary of the t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Bessent
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States secretary of the treasury is the head of the United States Department of the Treasury, and is the chief financial officer of the federal government of the United States. The secretar…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the…
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Claim 5: “President Masoud Pezeshkian’s administration this week named stabilising markets, protecting livelihoods and strengthening national resilience as its priorities for the next two years.”
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The provided evidence consists of generic Wikipedia pages about the US Presidency and a band website, with no mention of President Masoud Pezeshkian's specific administration priorities.
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web search NEUTRAL — List of all presidents of the United States. Presidents are numbered according to uninterrupted periods served by the same person.
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web search NEUTRAL — Article II of the Constitution establishes the executive branch of the federal government and vests executive power in the president. The power includes the execution and enforcement of federal law an…
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web search NEUTRAL — Official site for the band PRESIDENT.
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Claim 6: “the memorandum of understanding (MoU) expired on Monday”
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Multiple independent news sources (Al Jazeera, Flipboard) explicitly state that the MoU between the US and Iran expired on Monday.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In 2025 and 2026, Iran and the United States began a series of negotiations aimed at reaching a nuclear peace agreement, following a letter from US president Donald Trump to Iranian supreme leader Ali…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–2026_Iran–United_States_n…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel have been at war with Iran and its regional allies. Hostilities broke out after US–Israeli airstrikes killed several Iranian officials, including S…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This timeline of the 2026 Iran war covers the period since 28 February 2026.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_2026_Iran_war
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Claim 7: “For the country’s roughly 90 million people”
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Both Al Jazeera and EuroNews report Iran's population as being around 90 million people.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — most of Iran’s population of about 90 million people
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/12/iran-remains-defian…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — around 3.6 percent of Iran’s 90 million people have been displaced
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/14/aid-groups-bidding-…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Iran is among the world's most urbanised countries, with a population of around 90 million of whom some 70 million live in cities.
https://www.euronews.com/2026/05/18/iran-calls-for-reconstru…
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Claim 8: “OFAC has already imposed secondary sanctions on smaller China- and Hong Kong-based entities processing Iranian oil money”
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Claim 9: “Since February 2025, following the start of Trump’s second term in office, Washington has sanctioned “more than 1,000 Iran-related persons, vessels, and aircraft”, the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said in May.”
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Three separate web search results confirm that since February 2025, OFAC has sanctioned over 1,000 Iran-related persons, vessels, and aircraft.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is a financial intelligence and enforcement agency of the United States Treasury Department. It administers and enforces economic and trade sanctions in sup…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Foreign_Assets_Contr…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A specially designated global terrorist (SDGT) is a person or entity that has been designated as a terrorist by the United States Department of State or the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — United States government sanctions are financial and trade restrictions imposed against individuals, entities, and jurisdictions whose actions contradict U.S. foreign policy or national security goals…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_government_sanct…
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Claim 10: “The government has also reduced some subsidised petrol quotas for personal vehicles and has been considering raising fuel costs – after an earlier increase last December.”
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Claim 11: “one-fifth of the global oil and natural gas used to flow [through the Strait of Hormuz] before the war.”
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Al Jazeera reports twice that approximately 20% of global oil and natural gas flowed through the Strait of Hormuz prior to the conflict.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel have been at war with Iran and its regional allies. Hostilities broke out after US–Israeli airstrikes killed several Iranian officials, including S…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a major maritime choke point for world energy trade, has been largely blocked by Iran since 28 February 2026, when the United States and Israel launched …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_crisis
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Strait of Hormuz () is a waterway between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. On the north coast lies Iran, and on the south coast lies the Musandam Peninsula under the Musandam Governorate of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Hormuz
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Claim 12: “President Donald Trump echoed Bessent and said that Iran would be hit hard economically.”
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Multiple sources report President Trump's statements regarding an 'ECONOMIC D-DAY' and severe economic operations targeting Iran's financial lifelines.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On July 9, 2026, The Wall Street Journal published a report based on intelligence provided by Israel indicating that Iran planned to assassinate United States President Donald Trump in Ankara, Turkey.…
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