ALBAWABA- U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has issued a stark warning to Tehran, declaring that Iran will “lose the zero-sum game it is playing” and that any attacks on U.S. allies in the Gulf will trigger direct financial retaliation through Iranian state-linked assets frozen abroad. In a post on X on Thursday, Bessent said that any damage inflicted by Iran on regional partners would be “paid for with funds extracted ...
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