Scott Bessent: “It's a global embarrassment what these Democratic senators are doing, keeping the government shut down.”

Any entity that facilitates money laundering on behalf of Iran will be removed from the U.S. dollar system.

Our objective is to sever every economic lifeline that sustains this tyrannical regime until Tehran stands alone.

Those who stand with the United States will reap the rewards of our partnership. Those who tether themselves to the Iranian regime should expect to share in the isolation of a withering regime.

Must be shuttered and dark," Bessent said about Iran's Bank Melli.