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Scott Bessent: “Iran already gets a huge amount of the money because Iran is…”

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

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Scott Bessent defends U.S. military actions in Iran: 'Sometimes you have to escalate to de-escalate'

Published | Video Starts at 05:42

Let me unpack what you're just saying, first of all, how much is it? And second of all, I don't hear you disputing that Iran will get some of the money. Iran already gets a huge amount of the money because Iran is the largest sponsor of state terrorism and China has been funding them. So it was always part of the plan to unsanction Iranian oil. Again, we unsanctioned the Russian at Treasury. We plan for all contingencies. We have break the glass plans. (05:42–05:51)

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Asserts that Iran is the largest sponsor of state terrorism and is funded by China.

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