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Scott Bessent: “The previous ayatollah did not want his son to become the…”

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

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Treasury Secretary Bessent: U.S. is allowing Iranian tankers through Strait of Hormuz

Published | Video Starts at 02:36

And one of the things I'm going to do is bust this myth that is in the mainstream media that there is this coherent Iranian plan, that they are a smoothly functioning government. First of all, The previous ayatollah did not want his son to become the Ayatollah. He left written instructions and they overrode him. We believe that the current Ayatollah is injured. We don't know to what extent and maybe Incapacitated and they're just small base, small bases. They're in the bunker, they are panicked. (02:36–02:45)

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Asserts that the previous Ayatollah left instructions against his son becoming Ayatollah, which were overridden.

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