Scott Bessent Iran warning

    by Flint: Scott Bessent

    Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent just issued a stark warning to the Iranian regime. He says he's tracking the Ayatollah's accounts and assets globally and has frozen $130 million in crypto wallets. "We found the money man for the Ayatollah! We are tracking the Ayatollah's properties" #ScottBessent

    Transcript (en)

    We have destroyed most, if not all, of their capability to rebuild and then we moved on to what we call economic fury. And that's a one-two punch. It's the blockade. And then what we're doing at Treasury, and we are tracking these accounts all over the world. We froze a crypto wallet linked to the IRGC the other day, about $130 million. We have found the money man for the Ayatollah. WE ARE TRACKING THE AYATOLA'S PROPERTIES AROUND THE WORLD. WE HOPE TO SOON BE ABLE TO PRINT HIS $100 MILLION PLUS PROPERTIES AND SHOW THE ADDRESSES. AND WE ARE PRESERVING THIS MONEY FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, BUT MOST OF ALL, WE ARE CONSTRICTING THE REGIME. THEIR CURRENCY HAS COLLAPSED. IT IS AT AN ALL-TIME LOW VERSUS THE DOLLAR. IT IS IN FREEFALL. AND WE THINK THE INFLATION RATE IS UPWARDS OF 180% IN AROUND