Rome, Aug. 10 (LaPresse) – Iran “continually asks to be able to access the money and assets we have frozen. This pressure, together with the blockade, is what will ultimately force the Iranians to act”. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz said this in an interview with Fox News, as reported by the Jerusalem Post, adding that Tehran fears U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent more than Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. “When they sit down at the table with our negotiators, they talk about money, money, money. Because they will be the ones who have to absorb the bombings,” Waltz said. According to the ambassador, Iran’s leadership “does not care at all about its own military, its soldiers, or even the Iranian people, after massacring 40,000 of them”. “It is a corrupt regime, led by an elite of religious fanatics, that has devastated the country for many, many decades,” he added.
Iran, Waltz: “US economic pressure will force Tehran to act”
Rome, Aug. 10 (LaPresse) – Iran “continually asks to be able to access the money and assets we have frozen. This pressure, together with the blockade, is what will ultimately force the Iranians to act”. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz said this in an interview with Fox News, as reported by the Jerusalem Post, adding that Tehran fears U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent more than Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. “When they sit down at the table with our negotiators, they talk about money, money, money. Because they will be the ones who have to absorb the bombings,” Waltz said. According to the ambassador, Iran’s leadership “does not care at all about its own military, its soldiers, or even the Iranian people, after massacring 40,000 of them”. “It is a corrupt regime, led by an elite of religious fanatics, that has devastated the country for many, many decades,” he added.