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Scott Bessent: “Their [Iran's] oil infrastructure is starting to creak.”

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 03:19

They're not tolling the strait. You know, we think that they've gotten less than 1.3 million in tolls, which is a pittance on their previous daily oil revenues. And their, Their [Iran's] oil infrastructure is starting to creak. It hasn't been maintained again because of our decades long sanctions against them. They are rapidly filling up, filling up storage. (03:19–06:44)

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Asserts that Iran's oil infrastructure is deteriorating.

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