# Trump threatens Iran with the most crushing economic operation ever taken against a country

https://mins.news/en/video/27876

- DW News, 2026-08-21 00:15 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPc6UCLlmgw

> US President Donald Trump is threatening an all-out assault on Iran’s economy. He said on social media that Iran would face economic warfare on an unprecedented scale, and warned that any country or business providing Iran with a lifeline would face what he called tremendous economic consequences. DW News also interviewed Miad Maleki of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.

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