I'll let the treasury secretary who's in charge of sanctions answer that question. Yes, I think that's not a correct characterization. Yesterday we announced Operation Economic Fury and we for over a year We have had maximum pressure on the Iranians, both on blocking paper payments into the Iranian state and going after the accounts of the IRGC. One of the what may prove to be fatal mistakes that the Iranians made was bombing their GCC neighbors and who are now willing to be much more transparent in … (23:55–24:07)
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Asserts that the U.S. has applied maximum pressure on Iran by blocking payments and targeting IRGC accounts.
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