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On August 24, U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent confirmed that the specific actions for unprecedented economic isolation measures against Iran would be officially announced on the same day. In an article for the Financial Times, Bessent stated that we are entering a decisive phase. At dawn, an economic 'D-Day' against Iran is approaching—this is the largest financial offensive ever launched against hostile forces. Bessent also warned that any country providing financial support to this crumbling regime should expect to face the same isolation. He stated that the U.S. goal will be to cut off every economic lifeline supporting the Iranian regime until Tehran is left isolated and helpless. Previously, Bessent indicated that the U.S. would use all enforcement tools to impose secondary sanctions on countries and businesses that continue to engage in relevant business with Iran, focusing on three types of economic activities: purchasing Iranian oil, transferring remittances to Iran, and ship-to-ship transfers of Iranian crude oil at sea. Notably, Bessent added while explaining the related sanctions measures that there is no expectation of needing to conduct 'large-scale' military action.

On August 24, U.S. Treasury Secretary Bentsen confirmed that specific actions for unprecedented economic isolation measures against Iran would be officially announced on the same day. In an article for the Financial Times, Bentsen stated that we are entering a decisive phase. At dawn, an economic 'D-Day' against Iran is approaching—this is the largest financial offensive ever launched against hostile forces. Bentsen also warned that any country providing financial support to this crumbling regime should expect to face similar isolation. He emphasized that the U.S. goal will be to cut off every economic lifeline supporting the Iranian regime until Tehran is left isolated and helpless. Previously, Bentsen signaled that the U.S. would employ all enforcement tools to impose secondary sanctions on countries and companies continuing business with Iran, focusing on three types of economic activities: purchasing Iranian oil, transferring remittances to Iran, and ship-to-ship transfers of Iranian crude oil at sea. Notably, Bentsen added that large-scale military action is not expected to be necessary.

On August 24, AI content detection agency Originality.ai released a study stating that among a sample analysis of 2,034 recently published religious and faith-related books on Amazon, 1,272 books, approximately 63%, were deemed "possibly AI-generated." The categories with the highest proportion of AI-generated content were witchcraft, Hinduism, and Taoism, reaching 78%, 76%, and 74%, respectively. Researchers also found that about 53% of verifiable factual claims in some witchcraft books identified as AI-generated may contain errors. However, the agency emphasized that AI detection results only indicate the probability that the text "may have been written by AI" and are not definitive conclusions. Due to potential misjudgments or contradictions among different AI detection tools, the related conclusions remain somewhat controversial.