JUST IN: US military confirms ALL mines in Strait of Hormuz have been destroyed
>> Sandra: PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS. MOVED TO ECONOMICALLY CHOKED OFF. IRAN UNLEASHING OPERATION. ECONOMIC OUTCAST AND PUTTING THE. REST OF THE WORLD ON NOTICE. HERE IS SCOTT BESSENT YESTERDAY. >> WE'RE LAUNCHING AN ECONOMIC. ONSLAUGHT AGAINST IRAN'S. FINANCIAL CONNECTIONS AROUND THE. GLOBE. AROUND THE GLOBE. OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO SEVER EVERY.
ECONOMIC LIFELINE THAT SUSTAINS. THIS TYRANNICAL REGIME UNTIL. IRAN STANDS ALONE. THERE WILL BE NO MINIMAL. BREATHING SPACE FOR THE REGIME. TO REBUILD ITS CAPACITY, TO. INFLICT TERROR AGAINST AMERICA. AND THE WORLD. >> Sandra: THEY TARGET THREE. LIFELINE, GOLD, AVIATION, TECHNOLOGY, SHIPPING. WHILE IRAN IS FIRING BACK WITH A. WARNING OF ITS OWN. CHIEF FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT TREY. YINGST IS REPORTING ON ALL OF.
THIS OUT OF TEL AVIV AT THIS. HOUR. HELLO, TREY. >> GOOD MORNING. ON MONDAY U.S. TREASURY. SECRETARY SCOTT BESSENT. ANNOUNCED OPERATION ECONOMIC. OUTCAST TO TRY AND ISOLATE THE. REGIME IN IRAN. >> THE ACTIONS OF TREASURY AND. OTHER AGENCIES WILL TIGHTEN THE. NOOSE AND BLOCK EVERY POTENTIAL. SOURCE OF REVENUE THAT FUNDS THE. IRGC AND THE EVIL IRANIAN. REGIME. LET ME BE CLEAR, ANY ONE THAT.
FACILITATES MONEY LAUNDERING ON. BEHALF OF IRAN WILL BE REMOVED. FROM THE U.S. DOLLAR SYSTEM. THE CLOCK JUST STARTED TICKING. >> AMONG THE NEW SANCTIONS. INCLUDES AN EXPANDED LIST OF. SECRETARY SANCTIONS TARGETING. DIGITAL ASSETS, TECHNOLOGY, GOLD, AVIATION, SHIPPING. THEY SANCTIONED NEARLY 60. ENTITIES, INDIVIDUALS AND. VESSELS IN MULTIPLE. JURISDICTIONS AFTER WHAT THE. DEPARTMENT DESCRIBES AS A. NETWORK OF SHADOW FLEET VESSELS.
OPERATING ACROSS MANY DIFFERENT. COUNTRIES. IRANIAN OFFICIALS SAID THEY ARE. RETAILIATE WITH THE SPOKESPERSON. SAYING THIS. >> ANY COMPLICITY WITH THE. UNITED STATES CARRYING OUT. AGGRESSION ACTIONS AGAINST IRAN. WILL CERTAINLY HAVE. CONSEQUENCES. EVEN NOW THE NAVAL BLOCKADE OF. IRAN IS AN ACT OF AGGRESSION. IT WILL BRING ABOUT CONSEQUENCES. OF ITS OWN. >> EARLY THIS MORNING ANOTHER. TANKER WAS STRUCK IN THE STRAIT.
OF HORMUZ WITH AN UNKNOWN. PROJECTILE TRANSITING THE. SOUTHERN ROUTE. THE VESSEL HAD DAMAGED AND WAS. DISABLED. PRESIDENT TRUMP POSTED ABOUT THE. STRAIT. I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY THE. UNITED STATES NAVY THAT ALL. MINES HAVE BEEN REMOVED OR. DETONATED FROM WITHIN THE. INTERNATIONAL WATERS OF THE. STRAIT OF HORMUZ. IRAN HAS BEEN NOTIFIED THAT ANY. SHIP OR BOAT PLACING NEW MINES. WILL BE IMMEDIATELY AND. SYSTEMATICALLY DESTROYED. YESTERDAY THE SECRETARY OF WAR. PETE HEGSETH REITERATED THE. UNITED STATES PREPARATION AND.
READINESS FOR MILITARY ACTION.
