Economic D-Day: Treasury Secretary Bessent Announces Operation Economic Outcast Against Iran

The Libertarian Institute · Aug 25, 2026

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced a new economic war against Iran dubbed Operation Economic Outcast. “At President Trump’s direction, the United States Treasury has begun Operation Economic Outcast, an unprecedented campaign against the Islamic Republic of Iran and its enablers,” Bessent said on Monday. “In the Second World War, D-Day marked the historic beginning of […]