Iran vows to resist US sanctions

GRIFF: THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT. RAMPING UP OPERATION ECONOMIC. OUTCAST BY CRACKING DOWN ON. IRANIAN SHADOW BANKING. CHARLIE: JONATHAN HUNT IS LIVE. IN TEL AVIV WITH THE DETAILS. GOOD MORNING, JONATHAN. >> Reporter: GOOD MORNING TO. YOU GUYS. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT. THAT THE IRANIAN ECONOMY IS. UNDER INTENSE PRESSURE. IT IS BUCKLING, BUT IT IS NOT. YET BROKEN. WE ARE SEEING, FOR INSTANCE,

LONG LINES AT A GAS NATION --. STATIONS IN TEHRAN, WE ARE. SEEING INFLATION ABSOLUTELY. RAMPANT. BUT IF TREASURY SECRETARY SCOTT. BESSENT WANTS TO COLLAPSE THE. ECONOMY AS HE PUT IT THIS WEEK, THEN MUCH MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE. SO HE WILL HEAD TO A G20 SUMMIT. IN ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, NEXT WEEK TRYING TO APPEAL TO. THOSE COUNTRIES TO JOIN THE U.S. SANCTIONS PROGRAM. NOW, THE BIGGEST TRADING PARTNER. STILL LEFT FOR IRAN ARE CHINA,

RUSSIA, INDIA, TURKEY, IRAQ, PAKISTAN AND QATAR. CHINA IS THE BIGGEST PROBLEM FOR. THE U.S. THERE BECAUSE THEY'VE. ALREADY SAID THEY WILL NOT TAKE. PART IN THE SANCTIONS PROGRAM. AND THAT IS LEADING IRANIAN. OFFICIALS TO CONTINUE ISSUING. BELLIGERENT STATEMENTS. THE FOREIGN MINISTER, FOR. INSTANCE, SAYING TODAY, QUOTE, OUR INTELLIGENCE SHOWS MAJOR. EFFORTS TO GAME ENERGY MARKETS. U.S. GOVERNMENT ELEMENTS USE. GULLIBLE MEDIA TO INFLUENCE. PRICES FOR PERSONAL GAME AND.

KEEP POTUS MIRED IN A LOSING. WAR. ISRAEL-ALIGNED ACTORS ALSO. PROMOTE WAR WITH ROSY. ASSESSMENTS. U.S. CONSUMERS FEEL THE REAL. BOTTOM LINE. AND THE BOTTOM LINE HERE IS, GUYS, THAT WE SEEM TO BE THE. SETTLING IN FOR A LONG PERIOD IF. THIS -- OF THIS SO-CALLED. ECONOMIC WARFARE AS THE U.S. TRIES TO TURN THE SCREW ON THE. IRANIAN ECONOMY AND THE IRANIAN. REGIME, ALONG WITH ITS FRIENDS.

IN BEIJING, SEEKS TO RESIST. THAT. AND THE IRANIAN REGIME SEEKS, QUITE SIMPLY, TO SURVIVE. LISA: THANK YOU, JONATHAN. LET'S BRING IN "SATURDAY IN. AMERICA" ANCHOR KAYLEIGH. McENANY. OBVIOUSLY, PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. FIGHTING THIS WAR WITH BOMBS AND. MISSILES AND ALSO ON THE. ECONOMIC FRONT. HOW MUCH OF AN IMPACT DO YOU. THINK THAT WILL HAVE MANY. >> A VERY SERIOUS ONE. I'M ABOUT TO SPEAK WITH THE. FORMER AMBASSADOR TO THE E.U. IN. A LITTLE BIT. AND IT'S REALLY FASCINATING WHEN. YOU READ ABOUT HIS TIME DURING.

TRUMP ONE TALKING WITH EUROPE. ABOUT IRAN. IT IS TIME FOR EUROPE TO CHOOSE. BETWEEN IRAN AND AMERICA, AND. THEY CANNOT CHOOSE BOTH. AND HE TALKED ABOUT GOING. PERSONALLY TO EACH EUROPEAN. COUNTRY, AND HE SAID THEY WOULD. TWIST THEMSELVES INTO MORAL. CONTORTIONS TO AVOID SERIOUS. SANCTIONING. WHAT IF, HERE'S A GREAT IDEA, NATO PUT ON ECONOMIC PRESSURE IN. COULD THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE? IT ABSOLUTELY COULD. SO THE WESTERN WORLD NEEDS TO. DECIDE. WE ARE ALL GOING TO INSURE IRAN. DOESN'T HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON.

GRIFF: NOT JUST THE WESTERN. WORLD. WE NOW KNOW OBVIOUSLY IRAN IS. SUFFERING TREMENDOUSLY. ECONOMICALLY. THE CURRENCY DEVALUATION IS, LIKE, TWO MILLION RIAL TO ONE. U.S. DOLLAR RIGHT NOW, AND IT'S. HEADEDED FURTHER SOUTH. BUT WHEN SECRETARY BESSENT IS. HEADED TO THE G20, HE'S GOING TO. HAVE SIDELINE MEETINGS, THE. SIDEBAR BILASTS WITH COUNTRIES. LIKE CHINA, RUSSIA, INDIA, TURKEY TO GET THEM TO CUT OFF. TAKING IRANIAN OIL AND DOING.

BUSINESS WITH THEM. THAT COULD RENDER REALLY. UNBELIEVABLE RESULTS. >> ABSOLUTELY. THAT DIPLOMATIC PRESSURE COULD. BE KEY AND CRUCIAL. AND SOMEONE LIKE SECRETARY. BESSENT, HE'S DEMONSTRATED HE. HAS SOME GRIT: SO THAT IS. SOMEONE WHO CAN DEFINITELY TURN. THE TIDE OF THIS. ONE OF THE THINGS IN THIS. FOXNEWS.COM PIECE WAS HE WANTS A. NAUGHTY AND NICE LIST. WE NEED TO PUBLICLY SHAMEN THE. GLOBAL FRONT ANY -- SHAME ON THE. GLOBAL FRONT ANY COUNTRY. ENGAGING IN FINANCIAL. RELATIONSHIPS WITH IRAN.

AND IT NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING YOU. CANNOT DO, SCUTTLE AWAY --. CHARLIE: WHAT ELSE DO YOU HAVE. ON? >> WE HAVE A BIG TOWN HALL WITH. ROBERT F. KENNEDY. WE TAPED IT WEDNESDAY IN TAMPA, FLORIDA, AT THE CUBAN CLUB. WE'LL HAVE JAY BHATTACHARYA ON, NIH DIRECTOR, GORE JOHN SUNDAY. LIN -- GORDON SUNDAY LYNX AS I. MENTIONED AND E OH, AND JAMES. CARVILLE. ALWAYS A LOT OF COLOR.

HE DRINKS A LOT OF COFFEE, IT. SEEMS --. [LAUGHTER]. GRIFF: AND JAMES IS GOING TO BE. EXCITED ABOUT THE FACT THAT IT'S. COLLEGE FOOTBALL. >> AND I'M SURE HE'LL BE. EXCHANGED ABOUT THE CIRCUMCISION. IS EXCHANGE WITH JES.