Iran’s economy could soon have “nothing left to trade” as the United States continues to increase pressure on Tehran to make a deal, according to U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
In a Sept. 27 interview on Fox News’s “Sunday Morning Futures,” Bessent said that Iran has only about 15 million barrels of oil remaining for delivery. His remarks came after President Donald Trump rejected an Iranian proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz on Sept. 26.
“They will have nothing to trade for anything, probably within the next two weeks. They are going to make their final deliveries of oil to China, and then they will have nothing,” Bessent said….