U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent Forecasts Unprecedented Economic Isolation of Iran Next Week, Currency Collapse as a Prelude to Regime Collapse
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated on Newsmax that the U.S. will announce "unprecedented" measures for economic isolation of Iran next week.
Bessent noted that these measures will be combined with the ongoing blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, preventing any goods from entering or leaving Iranian ports, creating dual pressure.
He emphasized, "Stay tuned for more announcements next week," stating that the scale of the measures will surpass any previous economic isolation precedents against any country.
This move continues the earlier "Economic Fury" campaign, which has already led to a plummeting Iranian currency, soaring inflation, bank failures, and difficulties in paying military and police salaries.
Vice President JD Vance also stated that the U.S. primary goal regarding Iran is to ensure global energy price stability, lower U.S. oil prices, and prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.
The Iranian economy has been severely impacted by blockades and sanctions, with a significant drop in crude oil exports and damaged industrial capacity, yet the regime still controls shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
In the market, event-driven funds are flowing into energy safe-haven assets and dollar-related instruments, with crude oil prices pressured between expectations of supply disruptions and demand concerns. Beneficiaries include oil-producing countries with alternative supply capabilities and U.S. energy exporters, while those under pressure are Asian refineries heavily reliant on Middle Eastern crude oil and Iranian-related trade networks.
Source: Public Information
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Scott Bessent previously led the "Economic Fury" campaign, directly triggering the collapse of the Iranian rial, large bank failures, and street protests by creating a dollar shortage. He openly acknowledged that this move aims to make the Iranian leadership "flee like rats from a sinking ship," continuing his financial warfare path in sanctions against Russia and interventions in the energy market.
On the capital front, the U.S. Treasury is binding sanctions tools with naval blockades, cutting off Iranian crude oil exports and port access while tracking IRGC overseas assets and warning third-party payments. The goal is to convert financial pressure into internal resource depletion of the regime, forcing negotiation concessions rather than purely military escalation.
Similar cases can be seen during the maximum pressure period against Iran from 2018-2020 and the oil blockade against Venezuela. The current phase is transitioning from military action to economic suffocation, driven by the reality of U.S. munitions shortages and the priority of stabilizing oil prices.
Essentially, this represents a transfer of pricing power: control over energy channels and dollar settlement rights are used as non-military coercive tools. As the marginal effects of traditional sanctions diminish, physical blockades combined with financial isolation reconstruct the external survival space of the target country.
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