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1. Wide tilt down on U.S. Treasury building
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2. SOUNDBITE (English) Chris Rugaber, The Associated Press:
"We've just heard from Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent at this lectern right here in the Treasury Department building as he announced a ratcheting up of economic warfare against Iran."
3. Wide pan of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent arriving for a news conference

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ARCHIVE: Tehran, Iran - 24 August 2026
4. Various of currency exchange shops

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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Chris Rugaber, The Associated Press:
"The Treasury Secretary said that the United States is ready to implement a new round of secondary sanctions, not just on Iran, but on any country or entity that does business with Iran. And that could include heavyweights like China, which buys oil from Iran and also interacts with its banking system. So this could set up a high-stakes confrontation with China right before President Trump is expected to meet China's leader XI Jinping at the end of next month."

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ARCHIVE: Qingdao, eastern China's Shandong province - 26 June 2025
6. STILL Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun, center, leads other heads of defense, including Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov, right, and Iran Defense Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh, left, after a group photo ahead of the Defense Ministers' Meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Members States (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, ID 25177066427596)

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7. STILL Current and pre-revolution Iranian banknotes are displayed by a street money exchanger at Ferdowsi square, a hub for foreign currency trading (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, ID 26236452277696)

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8. STILL a Chinese national flag flutters against the residential building in Beijing, Monday, June 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, ID 25167205297379)

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9. STILL President Donald Trump, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping arrive during a state dinner at the Great Hall of the People (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, ID 26208783883239)

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10. SOUNDBITE (English) Scott Bessent, U.S. Treasury Secretary:
"Why would I want to blow up the global financial system? We believe that it is important to level set and give people a cure period. But they should know that that will move very quickly and that we are serious."

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12. Iranian flags
14. Close of billboard

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