Bessent: US Hunting Iranian Assets Worldwide as Economic War Widens
💰 ASSET WAR — Bessent hunting Iranian assets globally while bombs still fall. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Running a global asset hunt mid-kinetic campaign signals Washington wants economic leverage before any ceasefire — frozen assets become negotiating chips. But Iran has spent decades dispersing holdings through proxies and shell structures precisely to survive this. Bessent naming it publicly pressures neutral financial hubs — UAE, Turkey, Qatar — that still clear Iranian-linked transactions.
