Updated on Aug 30, 2026 6:42 PM EDT — Published on
Aug 30, 2026 6:28 PM EDT
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — President Donald Trump's administration plans to impose sanctions on another bank this week as it intensified efforts to economically isolate Iran, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told The Associated Press on Sunday.
"This is going to be financial violence if we have to," Bessent said in the interview. "We are showing people that we know who you are, you know who you are, and this has got to stop."
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