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Bessent: Operation Economic Outcast has "decimated every layer of Iran's oil lifeline"

Scott Bessent @SecScottBessent X · Fri 23 Oct, 10:36 ET

“Less than two months later, we have decimated every layer of Iran's oil lifeline. Its shadow tanker fleet stands depleted. Its main oil terminal sits empty. And its offshore reserves are now exhausted.”

“IRAN'S OIL LIFELINE DECIMATED”

“SHADOW FLEET DEPLETED”

“OIL TERMINAL EMPTY”

“OFFSHORE RESERVES EXHAUSTED”

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Bessent said: "Less than two months later, we have decimated every layer of Iran's oil lifeline. Its shadow tanker fleet stands depleted. Its main oil terminal sits empty. And its offshore reserves are now exhausted." The attached graphic (per image text) reads "IRAN'S OIL LIFELINE DECIMATED" with "SHADOW FLEET DEPLETED", "OIL TERMINAL EMPTY" and "OFFSHORE RESERVES EXHAUSTED". These are Bessent's statements.

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