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President Trump told Fox News' Laura Ingraham he has no regrets about ordering strikes on Iran, saying he would have done so despite any political cost heading into the midterm elections. Separately, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the U.S. would sanction a 'large bank' as part of escalating economic pressure on Tehran. In response, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Russian President Vladimir Putin jointly condemned Western economic sanctions, calling on the BRICS bloc to deepen trade and economic ties as a hedge against U.S. and allied pressure. The exchange underscores deepening alignment between Tehran and Moscow as both countries face escalating Western sanctions regimes.