# Trump threatens ‘tremendous economic consequences’ for countries helping Iran

https://mins.news/en/item/26794

- BBC News, 2026-08-20 00:25 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2k7e83ynj4o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Donald Trump says any country helping Iran or doing business with it will face “TREMENDOUS Economic Consequences”. He calls the move the most crushing economic operation ever taken against a country, after a 60-day ceasefire expired with no diplomatic or military off-ramp from the US-Iran conflict.

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