The Iranian model for circumventing sanctions will not suit Israel, says a former senior official at the US Treasury Department, Miad Malki, who participated in the development of the "maximum pressure" policy on Tehran, criticized Netanyahu's idea of an economy capable of circumventing sanctions, among other things through the use of blockchain, in an interview with Israel Hayom. Malki now works at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies based in Washington. FDD. According to him, the Iranian system is based on exchange offices, front companies and intermediaries. China buys oil at a discount, paying in yuan or in goods. This plan allows maintaining trade, but at the cost of impoverishing the economy and increasing corruption. Cryptocurrencies, Maleki estimates, account for only about 5% of Iran's cross-border cash flows. The vulnerability arises when exchanging regular money: exchanges have owners and bank accounts that can be sanctioned. And blockchain records help track transfers. For ordinary Iranians, cryptocurrencies are mainly used as a way to protect their savings from the fall of the rial. The Israeli economy, Malki emphasizes, depends on access to American investments, banks and technology companies - these connections cannot be replaced with crypto wallets. At the same time, he still sees broad sanctions against Israel as a distant scenario. The danger, in his opinion, is that foreign banks will start refusing in advance relationships with Israeli customers, for fear of sanctions risks. The post was written using an artificial intelligence assistant.