--- title: "US Treasury Secretary Announces New Measures Against Iran" description: "Most outlets reported that US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced plans for unprecedented economic measures against Iran, with further details expected next week. Arab News Pakistan and The Nation described the measures as \"never been seen\" and \"unprecedented,\" respectively, while 24 News HD emphasized the phrasing \"economic isolation, like the world has never seen before.\" All excerpts noted the timing of the announcement and the expectation of additional actions." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/3175-us-treasury-chief-vows-unprecedented-economic-measures site: HarZaviya language: en --- # US Treasury Secretary Announces New Measures Against Iran world · latest filing 14 Aug 2026, 2:43 PM PKT · 14 Aug 2026 · 4 articles from 4 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 4 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets reported that US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced plans for unprecedented economic measures against Iran, with further details expected next week. Arab News Pakistan and The Nation described the measures as "never been seen" and "unprecedented," respectively, while 24 News HD emphasized the phrasing "economic isolation, like the world has never seen before." All excerpts noted the timing of the announcement and the expectation of additional actions. ## Same story from 4 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **BOL News** — [US threatens Iran with unprecedented economic pressure](https://www.bolnews.com/world/us-threatens-iran-with-unprecedented-economic-pressure/) · 14 Aug 2026, 2:43 PM PKT > Bessent says new measures are coming as Hormuz standoff deepens. The post US threatens Iran with unprecedented economic pressure appeared first on BOL News. - **24 News HD** — [US threatens Iran with 'economic isolation, like the world has never seen'](https://www.24newshd.tv/14-Aug-2026/us-threatens-iran-economic-isolation-like-world-never-seen) · 14 Aug 2026, 11:07 AM PKT · 79% identical wording to the newest filing > US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent threatened Thursday to subject Iran to economic isolation "like the world has never seen before," adding that new measures are expected next week. - **The Nation** — [US Treasury chief vows unprecedented economic measures against Iran](https://www.nation.com.pk/14-Aug-2026/us-treasury-chief-vows-unprecedented-economic-measures-iran) · 14 Aug 2026, 10:39 AM PKT · 77% identical wording to the newest filing > US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Thursday that Washington plans to impose unprecedented economic measures on Iran, with further announcements expected next week. - **Arab News Pakistan** — [Trump treasury chief says US to apply measures never seen on Iran](https://www.arabnews.pk/node/2654601/world) · 14 Aug 2026, 4:08 AM PKT · 69% identical wording to the newest filing > WASHINGTON: US ​Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Thursday that the United States is going to apply measures that have “never ‌been seen” ‌on Iran. “Watch ​this ‌space ⁠for ​more announcements ⁠coming next week because we are going to apply measures like have never been ⁠seen in the history ‌of ‌economic isolation on ​a ‌country,” Bessent said in ‌an interview on on Newsmax’s “Rob Schmit... ## Part of a bigger story Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. 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