Scott Bessent urges US partners to back plans to 'squash' Iran economy
- "We are going to squash the economy of this murderous regime" he added.
- Bessent said the new economic penalties will be part of "the greatest coordinated economic isolation in the history of the world".
- "If you insist on doing business with them, either transferring money, buying their oil… then the US Treasury and the US government will put [their] full might and force towards enforcing against you.
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- "We are going to squash the economy of this murderous regime" he added.
- Bessent said the new economic penalties will be part of "the greatest coordinated economic isolation in the history of the world".
- "If you insist on doing business with them, either transferring money, buying their oil… then the US Treasury and the US government will put [their] full might and force towards enforcing against you.
Sources: BBC News