UMVA has learned that U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent delivered a stark warning to Tehran during a live interview, declaring that every Iranian attack will be paid for with seized Iranian funds.
Speaking on a business news program, Bessent warned that Iran’s recent missile and drone strikes against its Gulf Cooperation Council neighbors have triggered an unprecedented financial backlash.
For years, regional banks quietly sheltered Iranian money, but the moment Tehran turned its weapons toward the Gulf, those institutions abruptly shifted, cooperating fully with U.S. authorities to freeze and confiscate the assets.
Bessent’s follow‑up message on social media was blunt: “The Iranian regime will lose the zero‑sum game it is playing. Any damage it inflicts on our allies in the Gulf will be paid for with funds extracted from Iranian accounts.”
He added that tolls owed to the Persian Gulf Strait Authority will also be covered by the same seized resources, ensuring that each aggressive act deepens Iran’s economic isolation.
The Treasury chief highlighted an economic and physical blockade tightening around Iran’s lifelines, zeroing in on Kharg Island, the nation’s main oil‑export hub.
According to Bessent, Kharg’s operations have been effectively shut down, choking off crude exports and slashing Tehran’s cash flow, a pressure that could eventually force the shutdown of oil wells themselves.
These coordinated financial strikes signal a new era of punitive economics, where every hostile move by Iran is met with a direct hit to its bank accounts, leaving the regime with dwindling resources to fund further aggression.
