Bessent says Iran is in shock at the state of their economy.
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We think that they are lashing out
kinetically because they are losing
economically. If you look back what the
Iranian political leadership has said
over the past 10 days, uh they're
they're in shock at the state of their
economy. Could you imagine a country in
the world with the third largest amount
of uh energy resources has to import
gasoline since they now have three,
four-hour gas lines that go through the
night. You have the blockade and we are
going to continue exerting pressure. And
the economy doesn't have to collapse. I
think it could be within weeks or
months.
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The speaker argues that Iran's recent kinetic actions are a direct consequence of its failing economy, exacerbated by energy resource mismanagement and ongoing international pressure, which could lead to an economic collapse in the near future.
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