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Scott Bessent: “State-owned Iranian airlines are outlaws and cannot do this.”

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

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent holds White House press briefing — 5/28/2026

Published | Video Starts at 14:15

They sell tickets, they pay landing fees. Anyone who accepts those we will sanction. So they should be very clear that the state owned State-owned Iranian airlines are outlaws and cannot do this. Since you are the White House briefer today, I know you've been asked this already, but I'm wondering if you can just confirm on the record that there is a … (14:15–14:24)

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Asserts that state-owned Iranian airlines are considered outlaws and are subject to sanctions.

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