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Operation Economic Fury: US Launches ‘Financial Equivalent’ of Bombing Iran

‘Treasury is moving aggressively with Economic Fury by targeting regime elites,’ the treasury secretary said.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks during a press briefing in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, on April 15, 2026. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images

Chris Summers
4/16/2026|Updated: 4/16/2026

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on April 15 that the United States plans to target Iran economically with the “financial equivalent” of a bombing campaign.

“Yesterday, we announced Operation Economic Fury. ... And the Iranians should know that this is going to be the financial equivalent of what we saw in the kinetic activities,” Bessent told reporters at a White House briefing on Wednesday, referring to the U.S. and Israeli campaign of airstrikes against Iran.

Bessent said the United States could also impose secondary sanctions on countries that purchase Iranian oil.

“We have told countries that if you are buying Iranian oil, that if Iranian money is sitting in your banks, we are now willing to apply secondary sanctions,” he said.

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