Iranian senior officials are desperately transferring funds overseas
On February 5, U.S. Treasury Secretary Biden revealed in the Senate: according to their financial monitoring, the Iranian leadership has been rapidly transferring funds overseas recently, and he further added that it is obvious that the Iranian leadership has sensed the worsening situation and is now making the worst preparations. However, Biden did not disclose more details about the transfer.
In fact, Biden had previously warned: they found a large amount of money being transferred from within Iran to overseas, and these funds were mainly transferred through Dubai's financial channels. The United States has started tracking this batch of funds, but the specific investigation results are unknown after that.
After years of Western sanctions, Iran has gradually developed a way to circumvent U.S. sanctions and transfer funds overseas: some are through special financial channels in Dubai, some are operated through cryptocurrency, and others are done through a front man, using Iranian businessmen to transfer funds. It is worth noting that recently, Mojtaba, the son of Khamenei, was directly exposed by Bloomberg: he purchased a large number of properties overseas through an Iranian businessman who holds a Cypriot passport and transferred funds.
The recent situation in Iran has deteriorated sharply, and the regime is highly critical, which has led the senior officials to make "the worst preparations." However, given the current situation, it is expected that Trump will not rashly attack Iran before the negotiations in Oman are completely concluded. However, if the direct talks between the U.S. and Iran collapse in Oman, the danger of the situation will escalate sharply.
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