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Bessent Iran to Face Toughest Sanctions in History

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“BESSENT IRAN TO FACE TOUGHEST SANCTIONS IN HISTORY”

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Should the US resume nuclear talks with Iran?

  • Yes — diplomacy is the answer 0%
  • Only with much stricter terms 0%
  • No — sanctions work better 0%
  • No — Iran can't be trusted 0%

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Topic poll · all networksWhich past U.S. approach to Iran do you think worked best?

  • 1979 freeze of Iranian assets 0%
  • 2012 nuclear deal pressure 0%
  • 2018 Maximum Pressure campaign 0%
  • Diplomacy over sanctions 0%

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Iran's rial lost 60% of its value after 2018 U.S. sanctions.

Trump's first 'maximum pressure' campaign slashed Iran's oil exports ~88% — from 2.5M to under 300K barrels/day. Bessent now vows a new sanctions regime that would surpass even that historic economic squeeze.

Topic poll · all networksIran's oil exports fell to ~300K barrels/day under 'max pressure.' What were they before?

  1. 800,000 barrels/day
  2. 1.5 million barrels/day
  3. 2.5 million barrels/day
  4. 4.1 million barrels/day
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2.5 million barrels/day

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