In an interview with Fox News, U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessenter stated that the Iranian president and parliament speaker have publicly acknowledged the country's economic difficulties. He pointed out that the Iranian currency has collapsed, inflatio

2026-09-02

In an interview with Fox News, U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessenter stated that the Iranian president and parliament speaker have publicly acknowledged the country's economic difficulties. He pointed out that the Iranian currency has collapsed, inflation has exceeded 100%, and the government is even unable to pay military salaries. Bessenter emphasized that the U.S. is imposing the "toughest sanctions in history" on Iran, measures aimed at comprehensively suppressing the regime. He further warned that the U.S. will sever all economic and political ties between Iran and the world and block any entity that conducts transactions with it.