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Scott Bessent: “China has been financing [Iran] with their energy purchases.”

Featuring: Scott Bessent, Republican | Secretary of the Treasury | National

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ONE WEEK WARNING: Bessent predicts Iran could be forced to shut down oil wells

Published | Video Starts at 15:12

He's wiped out their air force, wiped out their navy, wiped out their factories, but that they are the largest state sponsor of terrorism. And China has been financing [Iran] with their energy purchases. and we've been encouraging them not to. And that that is a topic of ongoing discussion. Do you expect China to buy oil and gas from America? (15:12–15:16)

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Asserts that China financially supports Iran through energy purchases.

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