Trey Yingst: This is the REALITY inside Iran

U. COULDN'T DRIVE IN DOWNTOWN D.C. LAWYERS LAWRENCE THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION IS EXPECTED TO. ROLL OUT WHAT SECRETARY OF. TREASURY SCOTT BESSENT CALLED. THE TOUGHEST SANCTIONS IN THE. HISTORY AGAINST IRAN. >> Brian: HERE WE GO. CHIEF FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT TREY. YINGST JOINS US LIVE FROM TEL. AVIV. HEY, TREY. >> Trey: HEY,GUYS, GOOD MORNING. THE UNITED STATES IS SET TOWN. LEASH NEW ECONOMIC SANCTIONS. AGAINST IRAN TO PUT FRESH.

PRESSURE ON IRAN. WROTE IN THE FINAL TIMES. SIGNIFICANTLY DISMANTLED IRAN'S. CAPABILITIES AND WEAK BSDENED IS. PROGRAM. ECONOMIC D-DAY THE GREATEST. FINANCIAL OFFENSIVE EVER. LAUNCHED AGAINST ADVERSARY. REEL COST # MILLION TO ONE 1. DOLLAR HISTORIC LOW FOR THE. CURRENCY. THE HEAD OF IRAN'S NATIONAL.

SECURITY COUNCIL' OF RESPONDED. ON X IF THE ECONOMIC WAR INITS. NOT A SINGLE DROP OF OIL WILL BE. EXPORTED NEITHER THROUGH THE. STRAIT OF HORMUZ NOR FROM. ANYWHERE IN THE PERSIAN GULF. IRAN WILL ANY COUNTRY'S. PARTICIPATION IN OR SUPPORT FOR. AMERICA'S ECONOMIC WAR AGAINST. THE IRANIAN PEOPLE AS AN ACT OF. WAR. DESPITE THIS STATEMENT, REPORTS. DO INDICATE THAT CROSSING. THROUGH THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ ARE. UP 400 PERCENT OVER THE LAST TWO. WEEKS. THE UNITED STATES IS OVERSEEING. VESSELS OUT OF THE PERSIAN GULF. THROUGH A SAFER SOUTHERN. PASSAGE. THE PASSAGE ALLOWS FOR MILLIONS.

OF BARRELS OF CRUDE OIL TO BE. EXPORTED EACH DAY. STILL THE IRANIANS REMAIN. DEFIANT WURCHES AGAIN THE UNITED. STATES THREATENING TO STRIKE. TRULY COMMITTEES PRATT AND NO. SOLUTION WHEN IT COMES TO THE. GREAT IRANIAN NATION. THEREFORE THEY KEEP BRINGING. THEIR OLD PLAN BACK ONTO THE. SCENE. >> U.S. NAVAL BLOCKADE ALSO. REMAINS IN PLACE AS CORRECT SOME. SAYS 70 VESSELS HAVE BEEN.

REDIRECTED SINCE THE BLOCKADE. IMPOSED. IN TERMS OF MILITARY MOVEMENT. THE "USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN". HEADING HOME AFTER BEING. DEPLOYED FOR 274 DAYS. THIS AIRCRAFT CARRIER LAST PORT. CALL IN DECEMBER BREAKING A NAVY. RECORD. IT SOMETHING REPLACED BY THE. JAPAN BASED "USS GEORGE. WASHINGTON.". PRESIDENT TRUMP DOUBLED DOWN ON. HIS POSITION THAT THE STRAIT OF. HORMUZ IS NOW U.S. STAIR TORE. >> THEY WILL NEVER HAVE A. NUCLEAR WEAPON. THEY WANT TO MAKE A DEAL SO. BADLY. WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT WE WANT. BECAUSE I VIEWED THE STRAIT OF.

HORMUZ AS AN AMERICAN TERRITORY. RIGHT NOW. IT'S AN AMERICAN TERRITORY. >> QUESTION REMAINS WILL THIS. ECONOMIC PRESSURE LEAD TO A DEAL. OR A RETURN TO COMBAT. GUYS? >> Brian: TREY, HERE WE GO, DELAY OF GAME. PAKISTAN SAYS I HAVE BEEN. TALKING TO IRAN, AND THEY ARE. REALLY SERIOUS THIS TIME. YOU KNOW THEY ARE GOING TO CALL. THE PRESIDENT AND SAY LOOK, YOU. GOT THEIR ATTENTION. PLEASE HOLD OFF. WE HAVE SEEN THIS DANCE NOW FORY.

WILL BE SUCCESSFUL IN DELAYING. WHAT IS GOING TO BE ANNOUNCED AT. 2:00 P.M. EASTERN TODAY? >> Trey: I DOUBT IT. THERE IS A LOT OF MOMENTUM HERE. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS. LOOKING TO PUT NEW PRESSURE ON. THE REGIME. ACTUALLY TODAY, BRIAN, INTERESTINGLY, THE PAKISTANI. FIELD MARK IS IN TEHRAN MEETING. WITH IRANIAN OFFICIALS. YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT. THEY ARE TRYING TO DELAY. IT'S THE SAME PLAYBOOK AS. BEFORE. WE HAVE BEEN STUCK IN THIS CYCLE. OF STATEMENTS AND STRIKES WITH. NO END IN SIGHT. RIGHT NOW THERE IS NO INDICATION. THAT THIS PRESENT MOMENT IS ANY. DIFFERENT BECAUSE THE IRANIANS. ARE USED TO THIS STALLING.

TACTIC. AND WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE. REALITY ON THE GROUND THERE ARE. STILL THREATS AGAINST VESSELS IN. THE STRAIT. THERE IS THIS OPERATION BEHIND. THE SCENES THAT IS ALLOWING. MILLIONS OF BARRELS OF GULF. CRUDE OIL TO BE EXPORTED BUT THE. IRANIANS HAVEN'T REALLY CHANGED. THEIR TUNE. AND YOU STILL HAVE THESE IRGC. OFFICIALS MAKING THREATS AGAINST. U.S. FORCES AND ALLIES ACROSS. THE MIDDLE EAST. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO WAIT. AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS. BUT, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE. FACTS ON THE GROUND AND NOT THE. STATEMENTS OR EVEN DEALS THAT. MAY BE REACHED IN THE FUTURE. BECAUSE AS WE SAW EARLIER THIS. SUMMER, EVEN WHEN THE MEMORANDUM.

OF UNDERSTANDING WAS SIGNED. BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND. IRAN, IT WAS IMMEDIATELY. VIOLATED. BE. >> Ainsley: TREY, WILL MORE. ECONOMIC PRESSURE, WILL IT. CHANGE IRAN'S BEHAVIOR? >> Trey: THE HOPE HERE FOR THE. UNITED STATES AND ISRAEL IS THAT. LONG TERM IT WILL. WE ARE STARTING TO SEE, ACCORDING TO REGIONAL. INTELLIGENCE SOURCES CLEAR. INDICATIONS INSIDE OF IRAN THAT. THEY ARE FEELING THE ECONOMIC. PRESSURE. BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE U.S. NAVAL. BLOCKADE. AND IT IS NOT ALLOWING THE. IRANIANS TO EXPORT THEIR. CRITICAL OIL. THAT IS HOW THEY PROP UP THEIR.

ECONOMY. AND THEY HAVE VERY FEW OPTIONS. IN TERMS STABILIZING THEIR. CURRENCY. AND THAT IS WHY IT'S CURRENTLY. HISTORIC LOW 2 MILLION REEL TO 1. U.S. DOLLAR. THERE ARE EFFORTS UNDERWAY TO. TRY TO ENSURE ECONOMIC MEASURES. ARE NOT EFFECTING THE AMERICAN. PEOPLE DIRECTLY. THE REALITY IS THEY ARE FACING. PRESSURE INTERNALLY. PROTESTS COULD ERUPTED AGAIN. INSIDE OF IRAN BECAUSE THE PRICE. OF GOODS ARE I SEE LOOKING. THEY ARE FEELING THE REALITY OF. THIS ECONOMIC SITUATION.

>> Trey: SO, TREY, I GUESS THE. BIG QUESTION IS, IF THIS. PRESSURE IS REALLY GOING TO HIT. THEM, THAT MEANS THAT RUSSIA AND. CHINA ARE GOING TO GET THE. MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT, WHICH IS BACK OFF. IS THERE ANY INDICATION THAT. THEY INTENDING ON STANDING DOWN. RIGHT NOW? >> AT THIS POINT, NO. IT'S VERY INTERESTING. WHEN WE LOOK BACK EARLIER THIS. MONTH, THE PRESIDENT ACTUALLY. PUT OUT A POST ON TRUTH SOCIAL. IF WAS A MESSAGE TO COUNTRIES. AROUND THE WORLD, IF THEY. SUPPORT THE IRANIAN ECONOMY OR.

THEY TRY TO SKIRT THESE ECONOMIC. SANCTIONS TO HELP OFFICIALS IN. TEHRAN, THAT THEY WILL FACE. ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR. OWN. THIS HAS SHIFTED NOW FROM. KINETIC ACTION TO ECONOMIC. WARFARE. AND, AGAIN, THE QUESTION. REMAINS, WILL IT ACTUALLY CHANGE. THE BEHAVIOR OF REGIME OFFICIALS. IN TEHRAN. IT'S INTERESTING, BECAUSE, WHEN. YOU LOOK AT THESE OTHER. COUNTRIES, HISTORICALLY, THEY. HAVE TRIED TO GET AROUND ANY. SORT OF ECONOMIC PRESSURE. AGAINST THE IRANIANS. THE INDICATION THAT THE U.S. TREASURY IS WATCHING CLOSELY. IF THEY TRY TO CONDUCT THIS. BEHAVIOR, AGAIN, THEY WILL FACE.

ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR. OWN. >> Brian: ALL RIGHT, TREY.