Bessent: US Seizes $1 Billion in Iranian Cryptocurrency

The United States has now seized roughly $1 billion in Iranian cryptocurrency assets as part of an expanding sanctions-enforcement campaign aimed at cutting off Tehran's access to global financial networks, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced Thursday.

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