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Iran Must Plan to Overcome U.S. Sanctions After Trump’s ‘Economic D-Day’ Threats, Tehran Official Says

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, lead negotiator in talks with Washington, made the comments after President Trump vowed an “economic D-Day” against Iran.

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In Tehran last month. Before the latest round of sanctions was announced, Iranians were already contending with sky-high inflation and other economic hardships.
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Iran Insists Strait of Hormuz Will Stay Closed Until Trump Agrees to Demands

A spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry said that talks with Oman on shipping routes in the Strait of Hormuz were “separate” from discussions to fully reopen the waterway.

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Ships in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of southern Iran on Monday.
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