# Middle East updates: Trump warns nations helping Iran of ‘economic consequences’

https://mins.news/en/item/26961

- DW, 2026-08-20 05:39 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.dw.com/en/middle-east-updates-trump-warns-economic-consequences-for-nations-helping-iran/live-78438056?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

> US President Donald Trump has threatened countries that support Iran with what he called tremendous economic consequences, describing the campaign as economic warfare and unprecedented isolation. Iranian media dismissed the warning as familiar psychological warfare and propaganda. Australia also summoned Israel’s envoy over the 2024 death of an aid worker in an Israeli strike in Gaza.

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