The US will continue to exert maximum economic pressure on Iran, US Treasury Secretary Scott Besant said.
„The US Treasury Department will continue to exert maximum pressure on Iran through Operation „Economic Fury“ to systematically undermine Tehran's ability to generate, move and repatriate funds. „Any person or vessel facilitating these flows through clandestine trade and financial transactions risks being subject to US sanctions“, he wrote in X.
Earlier, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that the US was supplementing Operation „Epic Fury“ with maximum economic pressure on Tehran and remain ready not only to resume but also to intensify strikes against the Islamic Republic.
Bessent announced on April 15 that the United States was moving towards the “financial equivalent“ of war with Iran. He explained that this included strengthening the blocking of banking transactions and financial assets of the Iranian government and the implementation of secondary sanctions against those who buy oil from the Islamic Republic. According to Bessent, Operation “Economic Fury“ is aimed at “the elite of the Iranian regime“.