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Scott Bessent: “We have told countries that if you are buying Iranian oil…”

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

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Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, Scott Bessent, and Kelly Loeffler Brief Members of the Media

Published | Video Starts at 24:43

So we have pushed out to them the request that we want to freeze more funds of the leadership of the IRGC and any members of Iranian leadership. The other thing that we have done is we have told company, We have told countries that if you are buying Iranian oil, that if Iranian money is sitting in your banks, we are now willing to apply secondary sanctions. which is a very stern measure. And the Iranians should know that this is going to be the financial equivalent of what we saw in the kinetic activities. (24:43–24:54)

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Asserts that the U.S. is willing to apply secondary sanctions on countries buying Iranian oil or holding Iranian money.

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