# Bessent warns US will 'asphyxiate' Iran's regime

https://mins.news/en/video/42206

- Fox News, 2026-09-02 12:57 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz5TEr-ghOU

> Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the administration’s sanctions are intensifying economic pressure on Iran and will “asphyxiate” the regime’s economy as inflation surges in the country.

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