US Treasury Secretary: We will impose on Iran an unprecedented economic isolation
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent threatened on Thursday to impose an unprecedented economic isolation on Iran, adding that new measures were expected to be taken the following week. Speaking to the conservative US cha
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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent threatened on Thursday to impose an unprecedented economic isolation on Iran, adding that new measures were expected to be taken the following week.
Speaking to the conservative US channel Newsmax, Bessent said these measures “would combine an economic isolation unlike anything the world has ever seen,” adding that the “continuous blockade of the Strait of Hormuz... would prevent anything from entering or leaving Iranian ports.”
Earlier, US Vice President JD Vance stated that the United States’ top priority in the war against Iran is to keep oil and gasoline prices low for Americans, while preventing Tehran from acquiring nuclear weapons ranks second.
Bessent’s firm stance contrasts with comments he made on August 4, when he told CNBC that an agreement with Tehran could be reached to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within days.
