Bessent predicts Iran's economic collapse 'in the next two weeks'
Bessent said the campaign has shut down 80% to 90% of Iran’s external flights and tightened banking restrictions on its largest carriers and lenders.
- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent claimed on Wednesday that 'Operation Economic Outcast' has shut down 80% to 90% of Iran's external flights through coordinated global pressure.
- The Treasury engaged more than 50 countries to push what Bessent called 'Economic D-Day,' prompting the UAE to block Bank Melli transactions and Turkey to revoke Bank Mellat's license last week.
- Reuters reported on Thursday that Tehran's Imam Khomeini Airport listed scheduled arrivals and departures to Afghanistan, Armenia, China, Iraq, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Turkey, but none for nearby Gulf Arab states.
- Mohsen Rezaei, head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, warned regional neighbors against joining what he called 'America's adventure,' stating, 'You are our friends, but you should not join America's ranks.'
- Smaller Iranian carriers continue operating international routes to China, resisting U.S. pressure, while Bessent suggested Iranian delegates at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City face travel difficulties.
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MichaelSavage.com – Bessent: Iran Economy Will Have ‘Nothing’ in 2 Weeks
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Sunday said Iran's battered economy could have "nothing" left to trade within two weeks as U.S. sanctions and a blockade choke off Tehran's remaining oil exports. "I am confident, given that there's only 15 million more barrels of Iranian oil on the water, that Iran will have nothing left to…
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent claimed that Iran has approximately 15 million barrels of oil at sea destined for China, arguing that Tehran will have "nothing left to trade" in about two weeks. Bessent asserted that Washington's economic sanctions and naval blockade are increasing pressure on Iran, while indirect negotiations between Iran and the U.S. continue.
Scott Bessent welcomed a series of restrictions targeting banks and airlines.
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