Skip linksSkip to Content Live Navigation menuNewsAfricaAsiaUS & CanadaLatin AmericaEuropeAsia PacificMiddle EastExplainedSportOpinionVideoFeaturesEconomyHuman RightsClimate CrisisInvestigationsInteractivesIn PicturesScience & TechnologyPodcastsTravelSponsored Content Live Navigation menuDonald TrumpTrump, Netanyahu and the Iran questionHow Iran war fallout may shape US electionsA visual guide to redistrictingLive updates, Tehran says Washington’s warning of an ‘economic D-Day’ is a diversion from the US’s own crisis and threatens the global economy.liveThis video may contain light patterns or images that could trigger seizures or cause discomfort for people with visual sensitivities.Al Jazeera LiveBy Shola Lawal, Edna Mohamed and Enes AbuomerPublished On 21 Aug 2026
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says that the war must end at some point, and it is better to end it today while Tehran is in “a position of strength”. He added that Iran will not “bow to bullying”.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has told CNBC that Washington will impose the “toughest sanctions in history” to “collapse” the Iranian government, calling on other nations, including China, to join the effort.
