Bessent Threatens Shutdown of Iranian Airlines, White House Debuts TrumpTV, Anthropic Enters Pharma
Today's Digest covers Iran sanctions, Hormuz, missing F-35s, media bans, Trump TV, copyright bill, pronouns incident, another AfD win, Swedish sharia court, UK preacher arrest, Belarus potash, Anthropic lab, vaccine reports.
Source: Peak Prosperity
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DW NOTE
Bessent is threatening airlines globally with dollar-system exile if they service Iranian carriers — fuel, landing slots, ticketing, anything. Twenty-seven carriers are now sanctioned. This is secondary sanctions at scale: coerce the world by threatening access to the payment rails. China called it illegal absent Security Council backing. Brent fell 3% on reports Iran might reopen Hormuz if the U.S. lifts its blockade, though Fars denied the claim. The strait has been open since late August; crude is down because markets now price in normalisation, not because the threat ever disappeared.