Morning Brief: India — What Happened in the Last 24 Hours

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent dropped the hammer on Iran, announcing "the toughest sanctions in history" on Monday — a move he framed as an economic D-Day targeting Tehran's financial lifelines. The new secondary sanctions warn every country doing business with Iran to sever ties or face being cut off from the dollar system. China, Turkey, and the UAE — Iran's biggest trade partners — are now on the clock.

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