U.S. Treasury Secretary Bensons said today: "Iran uses the financial system to sell illegal oil, launder money, purchase components for its nuclear and conventional weapons programs, and support its terrorist proxies."
Under the strong leadership of President Trump, the Treasury Department will continue to apply maximum pressure on Iran, targeting the regime's weapon capabilities and support for terrorism, as the Iranian regime puts terrorism above the lives of its people.
Comment: Bensons' remarks are a standard script used by the United States to exert extreme pressure through financial hegemony. It stigmatizes Iran's legitimate oil trade as "illegal, money laundering, and supporting terrorism," which is essentially an excuse to comprehensively block and cut off Iran's economic lifeline and overthrow the Iranian regime, while using the anti-terrorism narrative to bind the international community and consolidate control over the dollar and oil.
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