U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent told Fox News that Iran's president and parliament speaker have publicly acknowledged severe economic distress. He said the Iranian currency has collapsed, inf has topped 100%, and the government is unable to pay milit

2026-09-02

U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent told Fox News that Iran's president and parliament speaker have publicly acknowledged severe economic distress. He said the Iranian currency has collapsed, inf has topped 100%, and the government is unable to pay military salaries. Bessent said the U.S. is imposing the "toughest sanctions in history" to comprehensively suppress the regime and warned it will cut Iran off from all economic and political ties and sanction any entities that do business with Tehran.