D K GiriThe United States has formally launched “Operation Economic Outcast” — Washington’s most ambitious attempt yet to economically isolate Iran. After an incomplete military campaign and a naval blockade that failed to force Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the US is now shifting to what Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent calls “the toughest sanctions in history” and an “economic D-Day.” The message is blunt: sever every economic lifeline that sustains the Iranian regime until Tehran stands alone.At the launch press conference on Monday, August 24, Secretary Bessent announced the blacklisting of more than 60 Iran-linked targets and a…