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    "byline": "by\n                                                   Jasim Al-Azzawi",
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    "excerpt": "Washington has changed weapons. It has not changed its problem. On 24 August, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stood before reporters and announced what officials had spent ten days branding as an \u201ceconomic D-Day\u201d against Iran. He called it \u201cOperation Economic Outcast.\u201d He promised to \u201csever every economic lifeline that sustains this tyrannical regime until Tehran stands alone.\u201d The military campaign had stalled. The financial one now carries the weight instead.",
    "lang": null,
    "length": 5241,
    "publishedTime": null,
    "siteName": null,
    "title": "Operation Economic Outcast: Washington swaps missiles for money, but the math still doesn\u2019t add up"
}