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• Callum Sutherland
The U.S. Treasury has imposed sweeping new sanctions targeting Iran’s airlines, aircraft networks and international service providers, extending pressure beyond Tehran as Washington seeks to isolate Iran from the global economy and constrain the sector’s overseas connectivity.
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