US Is Letting Iran Continue to Ship Its Oil, Bessent Tells CNBC
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
Photographer: Aaron Schwartz/BloombergThe US is letting Iran continue to ship its oil via the Strait of Hormuz, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told CNBC on Monday.
“The Iranian ships have been getting out already, and we’ve let that happen to supply the rest of the world,” he was reported as saying.