US Treasury Secretary Bessent says Operation Economic Outcast is delivering results; Iran loaded zero crude oil onto tankers last month, and Iran’s top security official has admitted the country is facing one of the most difficult periods in its history

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US Treasury Secretary Bessent says Operation Economic Outcast is delivering results; Iran loaded zero crude oil onto tankers last month, and Iran’s top security official has admitted the country is facing one of the most difficult periods in its history

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The Iranian regime allows its own people to suffer while it pours resources into terrorism. Operation Economic Outcast will not stop until the Iranian regime understands that the Trump Administration will never allow the regime to fund terrorism and develop a nuclear weapon.

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