# Trump’s Iran gamble: Will it backfire?

https://mins.news/en/video/34452

- BBC News, 2026-08-27 13:42 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_BI7BX_Rxk

> US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has announced Operation Economic Outcast, a sanctions programme he says will go further than previous efforts by targeting Iran and countries that help it, including China. It is the Trump administration’s latest attempt to end the war, raising questions about whether the strategy will work.

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