US Announces New Sanctions Against Iran
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The United States has announced new sanctions against Iran.
Scott Bessent is the US treasury secretary. He controls money matters for the government.
Bessent said the US is starting a big attack on Iran's money connections. He called it an 'onslaught'. This means a strong and sudden attack.
The goal is to isolate Iran from the world economy. This means to cut Iran off from other countries.
The sanctions will stop money and business links between Iran and other countries.
Iran's government does not like this plan.
Iran says it will retaliate. This means to hit back after an attack.
Iran will punish countries that work with the US against it.
This is part of a bigger conflict between the US and Iran.
Many countries are watching this situation carefully.
Vocabulary15 words
- sanctions
- rules that stop money or trade with a country
- isolate
- to cut off from others; to make alone
- retaliate
- to hit back after someone hits you
- treasury secretary
- the government leader in charge of money
- onslaught
- a strong, sudden attack
- economy
- the system of money, jobs, and business in a country
- cooperate
- to work together with someone
- financial
- about money
- connections
- links between people or things
- government
- the group of people who run a country
- conflict
- a fight or disagreement
- announce
- to tell people something important
- punish
- to make someone suffer for doing wrong
- world
- all the countries and people on Earth
- situation
- what is happening now
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1. The US treasury secretary 2. To isolate Iran from the world economy 3. True
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The United States has announced new _____ against Iran.
Scott Bessent is the US _____ secretary.
Bessent said the US is starting a big attack on Iran's money _____.
He called it an '_____'. This means a strong and sudden attack.
The goal is to _____ Iran from the world economy.
The sanctions will stop money and business links between Iran and other _____.
Iran's government does not like this _____.
Iran says it will _____.
Iran will punish countries that work with the US against _____.
This is part of a bigger _____ between the US and Iran.
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