"Warning shot and a level-set of expectations": Treasury Secy Bessent defends US sanctions threat on Iran ties

Washington DC [US], August 25 (ANI): US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday (local time) defended the decision to hold off on imposing major sanctions against countries with economic ties to Iran, calling the 'economic D-Day' announced Monday a 'warning shot,' CNN reported. 'We believe that a warning shot and a level-set of expectations is appropriate,' Bessent told a CNN reporter at a press conference.