🔸 U.S. Treasury Secretary describes the campaign of economic pressure on Iran as “very successful,” and says that cutting off access to dollars has caused the Islamic Republic to stop funding its proxy groups in the region.

🔸 Scott Bessent, on Wednesday afternoon, the fifth of Aban, in an interview with CNBC, about economic pressures on Iran under a so-called plan called “economic expulsion operations,” said that internal estimates show that Iran’s economy could shrink by up to 25 percent over the course of a year.

🔸 He added that Islamic Republic officials “began showing clear concerns about the economic situation in the summer. Now, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is extremely worried, and they speak about collapse publicly and in private circles.”

🔸 Scott Bessent also said that Iran is cutting the budgets of its proxy groups, including the Houthis in Yemen, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and the extremist Hamas group.

🔸 In recent months, the Trump administration, in addition to a maritime blockade of Iran, has sharply increased economic pressures on the Islamic Republic with the aim of limiting its financial resources and oil revenues.