Ghalibaf pushes for trade in local currency to bypass "cruel sanctions" as US threatens "toughest" economic action on Iran

Iran Herald·August 21, 2026Sanctions

Baghdad [Iraq], August 21 (ANI): Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has called for Iranian and Iraqi business leaders to develop a plan to beat 'cruel sanctions,' after US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned Tehran of the 'toughest sanctions in history'.