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US Treasury’s Bessent says no price would make Iran war unaffordable

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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has replied “absolutely not” when asked by Sky News whether there was a price that would prompt him to confront President Donald Trump and say the war with Iran was no longer affordable, Reuters reports.

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