‘Rats Fleeing the Ship’
Bessent Says Iran’s Ruling Elites ‘Frantically Wiring’ Millions Abroad
New Sanctions Hit
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced sweeping new sanctions Thursday on senior Iranian officials and regime-linked financial networks, saying Tehran’s ruling elite are “rats fleeing the ship” as they frantically wire tens of millions of dollars out of the country amid mounting unrest.
Iran Dismisses Uprising as ‘Israeli Plot,’ Claims Protests Under Control
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Wednesday claimed the massive nationwide uprising against the regime he serves was an “Israeli plot” carried out by “ISIS-style terrorist operations,” and the regime has defeated these “terrorists” after three days of pitched battle.
The regime counts the bodies killed by the ‘revolutionary guards’.
We can only hope that there’ll be swift justice and they will all end up on cranes.
So far at least…
To no one’ s surprise, Senator Lindsey Graham was delighted by the possibility…