# Can US economic pressure achieve what six months of war couldn’t?

https://mins.news/en/video/30853

- TRT World, 2026-08-24 18:00 UTC
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- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0XDBzHwRy8

> US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says sanctions will “sever every economic lifeline” sustaining Iran. Former US ambassador Henry Ensher weighs in on whether economic pressure can achieve what six months of war could not.

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