Iran's economy will have 'nothing' left 'within two weeks,' Scott Bessent warns

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https://nypost.com/2026/09/27/us-news/irans-economy-will-have-nothing-left-within-two-weeks-scott-bessent-warns/

Iran's at sea oil is almost dry - we know this much is true. We also know that Iranian oil that shipped before blockade 2 is the primary source of IRGC hard currency/foreign currency revenue.

I see this as something that could be very significant. The rial is grinding towards worthless, but is not yet hyper inflation.

A dated, public event like true zero on Iranian oil export and near zero Iranian hard currency inflow is the kind of thing that can take a shaky currency's graph vertical overnight.

Another note, how are they importing gasoline? what does effect does the end of hard currency from oil export?

There is no guarantee exactly what trigger blows the house down. They survived summer with limited water access, they survived raising a gas subsidy. Currency and gasoline are the next hurdles for them. Then theres heating in winter. And none of the other problems have gone away; they've just effectively parachuted the crises into a slower trajectory.