In an exclusive interview with the BBC, the deputy of the US Treasury said: "We hope that the economic pressure will eventually lead to the end of the assassination regime in the Islamic Republic."
Erin Brown, the US Deputy Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs, said in an exclusive interview with BBC Farsi that in the last six weeks the "economic isolation" operation has "brought the Iranian government to its knees" and its financial resources are running out.
Mrs. Brown told BBC Farsi: "Only one billion and 500 million dollars worth of oil remains outside the sea blockade. "When this oil is sold, it will end and there will be no other source of income for the Iranian government."
In response to Khashayar Junaidy's question about the announcement by the Central Bank of Iran to inject two billion dollars into the foreign exchange market, Mrs. Brown said that Washington knows the location of the remaining financial resources of the Salami Republic and is trying to cut off the Iranian government's access to these resources. Ms. Brown also answered the question of whether the goal of the US in the extensive sanctions is to change the government in Iran, and said: "I think we hope that this economic pressure will eventually lead to the end of the Iranian assassination regime."
He refused to foresee the possibility of protesters returning to the streets of Iran and said that America wants the return of peace and prosperity to the people of Iran.
He held the Iranian government responsible for the nation's economic problems and said America was looking to provide the ground for Iran's return to the global financial system after the end of the conflict.
Mrs. Brown also announced the extensive cooperation of the United States with China to sever economic and financial relations with Iran.
In response to the question of whether Washington was able to convince Beijing, one of Iran's most important trade partners, to cooperate with the sanctions, he said: "We have interacted with China at various levels and in full cooperation with them, we are trying to end all economic relations and many financial relations with the Iranian government." However, he did not explain what specific commitment China has made in this regard or whether Beijing has stopped buying Iranian oil.
In another part of this interview, the US Deputy Treasury Secretary said that the volume of oil passing through the Strait of Hormuz has almost returned to pre-war levels, but none of the oil shipments through the passage belong to Iran.