video | "The Iranian leadership. I'm not going to be upset that they initiated death threats against me. ".
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bassan has confirmed that he has moved from his home in Washington DC to a US military base following alleged Iranian death threats, vowing that he will not be deterred when Washington tightens its economic blockade on Tehran.
In an interview with CNBC, Basant defended the Trump administration's strategy of relying on naval blockades and sweeping secondary sanctions, rather than resuming full-scale aerial bombardment, to coerce the Islamic Republic.
While arguing that the financial erosion is weighing heavily on Tehran's finances, the finance minister acknowledged that the campaign had caused a disruptive global energy shock, acknowledging that oil supply disruptions had forced the US Federal Reserve to reconsider its interest rate path to protect the domestic economy.