Bessent Strikes at Iran’s Money Pipeline

While the United States has been pummeling Iran militarily via Operation Epic Fury for three weeks, Israel has been taking out the Islamic Republic regime's internal security forces to help free the people from their oppressors and allow them to rise.

Iran's leaders have responded by firing missiles at neighboring countries, whose leaders have now issued a statement saying they're reserving the right to respond militarily. That's a big warning to Iran - stop now, or you may expect more countries jumping in to pound you.

Meanwhile, there may be more support coming from U.S. allies to help protect shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.

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So Iran is being dealt with on multiple levels.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent just announced another way in which the U.S. is cutting Iranian leaders off at the pass.

🚨 HOLY SMOKES. Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent just revealed MAJOR DEFECTIONS are happening to the Iranian regime, and he's watching their bank accounts

"We're starting to see defections at Treasury. We now know where the Iranian leadership bank accounts are, and those are being… pic.twitter.com/uwHPTK4oxZ
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) March 19, 2026

Bessent said, "We now know where the Iranian leadership bank accounts are. Those are being frozen."

He said they would hold the accounts and see who came forward in terms of defections. That's an indication they may be using the money to help facilitate more defections. He said there were a lot of defections going on. Treasury is likely seeing people trying to ship their money out of Iran.

Bessent also spoke about the money during Trump's briefing with the Japanese Prime Minister.

🚨 HOLY CRAP! Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent just revealed the Iranian regime is FLOODING MONEY out of the country

"The regime will probably COLLAPSE within itself!"

"We are seeing the defections at ALL levels. They sense what's going on...we seen where they wired their money out.… pic.twitter.com/UAEhTvDnpE
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) March 19, 2026

Bessent said they were seeing defections on all levels. They see where the money is going, and they are going to get it back for the Iranian people.

So not only does this speak to high-level defections if they're talking about wiring money out, but it also sounds like people who know when to flee a sinking ship. And if they can freeze the leadership accounts, they could stop them in their tracks and hold that over their heads.

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So when the Democrats continue with the spin about how we're losing, here's yet another example of some pretty brilliant moves going on.

I've been saying for a while that we were going to make it a very lucrative business decision to turn against the regime. But I thought we'd just pull out the briefcases filled with cash from a black-ops slush fund.

It's so much worse lol.

We have taken control of the… https://t.co/D6lhmyWTYN
— Derek. 🇺🇸 (@SuitablePolitic) March 19, 2026

Editor's Note: For decades, former presidents have been all talk and no action. Now, Donald Trump is eliminating the threat from Iran once and for all.

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