Former Treasury official discusses the new round of U.S. economic sanctions on Iran

NPR | By Michel Martin

Published August 25, 2026 at 6:28 AM EDT

NPR's Michel Martin talks to Adam Szubin, former head of U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, about the new U.S. economic sanctions against Iran.

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