{"id":612808,"date":"2026-06-11T19:01:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T19:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/?p=821395"},"modified":"2026-06-11T19:01:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T19:01:38","slug":"the-zero-sum-game-scott-bessent-threatens-unprecedented-economic-payback-against-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/06\/11\/the-zero-sum-game-scott-bessent-threatens-unprecedented-economic-payback-against-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"The Zero-Sum Game: Scott Bessent Threatens Unprecedented Economic Payback Against Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ustreasury_nwmk-768x432.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Facade of the US Treasury Department\" style=\"float:left;margin:0 15px 15px 0\" \/>On social media, Bessent stated that any damages and expenses caused by Iranian attacks on the U.S.\u2019s Gulf allies would be offset with funds extracted from Iranian accounts. Iranian officials claim there are over $100 billion in assets blocked due to U.S sanctions. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Warns Iran Will Deepen Its Financial Downfall With [&#8230;] <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On social media, Bessent stated that any damages and expenses caused by Iranian attacks on the U.S.\u2019s Gulf allies would be offset with funds extracted from Iranian accounts. Iranian officials claim there are over $100 billion in assets blocked due to U.S sanctions. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Warns Iran Will Deepen Its Financial Downfall With [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":612809,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-612808","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bitcoin"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=612808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612808\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/612809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=612808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=612808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=612808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}