US Treasury Secretary: For the first time... Iran will not export any oil via sea this week
Scott Bessent confirmed Iran's inability to transport oil by sea this week.
Translated by Qiyas from السياسة — Original source
“We are isolating Tehran in an unprecedented manner… and we have facilitated the passage of 1.1 billion barrels through the Strait of Hormuz.”
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that Iran will not be able this week, for the first time since it began exporting oil, to transport any oil by sea.
Bessent added in comments to Axios that the United States has facilitated the passage of 1.1 billion barrels of oil through the Strait of Hormuz, while Iran has been unable to move a single barrel of its oil.
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He emphasized that the United States is working to isolate Iran “in an unprecedented manner.”
