So look, so today you launched Operation Economic Fury, which is part of the economic pressure on Iran that the quarantine on its exports involves. Tell us what specifically you're going to do with this. Well, so Since last March, the president gave the order for maximum pressure campaign and we started pressuring the Iranian assets around the world. cutting off their supply lines, which in December culminated in one of their major banks going under. The central bank had to print money. (01:08–01:20)
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Asserts that the U.S. began a maximum pressure campaign on Iranian assets in March.
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