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Scott Bessent
US Treasury Secretary under Trump; enforces sanctions across Iran, Russia and Cuba.
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#171 14 Aug
Promised unprecedented isolation measures the day before this designation was issued
Iran Conflict 2026: Iran sanctions the register can't find#170 12 Aug
Promised unprecedented new economic-isolation measures against Iran
Iran Conflict 2026: Bessent vows measures, names no target#170 12 Aug
Iran Conflict 2026 · source event
#11 9 Jul
Received the letter urging CSMC sanctions
Cuba Dispatch: Florida four target the medical missions#145 3 Jul
Mentioned in: Qatar says the $6bn never left
Iran Conflict 2026#16 2 Jul
Received Altman's equity-stake pitch
AI: Jobs, Power & Money: OpenAI offers US a 5% stake, $42.6bn#141 28 Jun
Placed $12 billion in Iranian funds in a US-controlled Qatar escrow on 24 June with conditions Iran had rejected
Iran Conflict 2026: Iran reframes $6bn of Qatar assets#139 24 Jun
Announced $12 billion in frozen Iranian funds would sit in a US-controlled Qatar escrow earmarked for American food and medical exports
Iran Conflict 2026: Bessent locks Iran's funds in Qatar#136 22 Jun
Issued General License X on 22 June 2026
Iran Conflict 2026: The oil licence Trump finally signed#133 18 Jun
Announced the designations and stated Hezbollah must disarm for Lebanon's future
Iran Conflict 2026: Treasury hit Hezbollah, not Iran relief#111 28 May
Characterised the PGSA toll as extortion and cited Economic Fury policy
Iran Conflict 2026: US sanctions the strait it will reopen#112 28 May
Warned Oman the US would aggressively target any actors facilitating Hormuz tolls
Iran Conflict 2026: US threatens Oman, its oldest Iran link#17 18 May
Framed GL 134C as helping most vulnerable nations access stranded cargoes
Russia-Ukraine War 2026: Treasury Drops Cuba From Russian-Crude Waiver#5 18 May
#4 16 May
#95 11 May
Authorised and publicly announced the Economic Fury SDN designations
Iran Conflict 2026: Economic Fury hits four Hong Kong shells#4 9 May
#92 8 May
Sent warning letters to two unnamed Chinese banks cautioning against secondary-sanctions exposure for Iran-linked transactions
Iran Conflict 2026: Beijing splits MOFCOM defiance from NFRA loan halt#91 7 May
Confirmed Iran would be on the Trump-Xi summit agenda
Iran Conflict 2026: China splits on Hengli before Trump-Xi#90 6 May
Mentioned in: Iran's strait authority opens to silence
Iran Conflict 2026#90 6 May
Xi denies arms transfers ahead of summit
Iran Conflict 2026#86 1 May
Named as author of the Hormuz toll sanctions alert
Iran Conflict 2026: OFAC issues GL-W on same Friday#8 1 May
Mentioned in: AISI: GPT-5.5 matches Mythos on 32-step attack
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#79 24 Apr
Framed shadow-fleet action with nuclear-programme language for first time in the conflict
Iran Conflict 2026: OFAC sanctions Hengli, China's number two teapot#74 20 Apr
Mentioned in: Brent round-trips 9% down and 7% up in a weekend
Iran Conflict 2026#73 19 Apr
Mentioned in: GL-U lapses with no renewal at 00:01 EDT
Iran Conflict 2026#71 19 Apr
GL-U lapses Saturday with no renewal
Iran Conflict 2026#74 19 Apr
Allowed General License U to lapse at 00:01 EDT with no Federal Register notice
Iran Conflict 2026: Treasury signs Russia waiver, lets Iran's lapse#73 19 Apr
Presided over simultaneous Russia extension and Iran GL-U lapse
Iran Conflict 2026: Russia GL-134B extended as Iran GL-U lapses#73 19 Apr
Iran Conflict 2026 · source event
#2 18 Apr
Treasury extends Russian oil cover to Cuba
Cuba Dispatch#15 17 Apr
Announced GL 134A non-renewal on 16 April, one day before OFAC signed GL 134B
Russia-Ukraine War 2026: OFAC quietly extends Russia crude waiver#13 16 Apr
Announced GL 134A non-renewal and called for immediate ceasefire
Russia-Ukraine War 2026: Treasury kills $150M-a-day Russian oil waiver#72 16 Apr
Announced on cable TV on 16 April that GL-U would not be renewed
Iran Conflict 2026: GL-U lapses on a cable-TV quote#70 15 Apr
Announced GL-U non-renewal and secondary sanctions threat on 15 April
Iran Conflict 2026: Bessent threat fails; Brent ignores Treasury#6 15 Apr
Mentioned in: AISI confirms Mythos 20-hour attack chain
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#72 16 Apr
#73 15 Apr
Iran Conflict 2026 · source event
#12 11 Apr
GL 134A lapses toward quiet extension
Russia-Ukraine War 2026#6 10 Apr
Mentioned in: BoE flags agentic AI systemic risk
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#5 8 Apr
Fed and Treasury summon bank CEOs
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#5 8 Apr
“co convened emergency wall street meeting”
AI: Jobs, Power & Money · source event
#5 8 Apr
#12 8 Apr
“urged treasury secretary to let waiver lapse”
Russia-Ukraine War 2026 · source event
#5 8 Apr
#6 1 Apr
Mentioned in: Iran names Stargate AI centres as targets
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#43 19 Mar
Lifted sanctions on 140 million barrels of Iranian crude on tankers
Iran Conflict 2026: 140m barrels of Iran crude sanctioned#42 18 Mar
Took supply-side action to contain oil prices via waivers and authorisations
Iran Conflict 2026: Trump frees Venezuela oil; Hormuz shut#41 17 Mar
Mentioned in: Bunker busters hit Hormuz coastal forts
Iran Conflict 2026#40 16 Mar
Mentioned in: Trump rejects every Pentagon off-ramp
Iran Conflict 2026#38 15 Mar
Mentioned in: IRGC: our best missiles are still unused
Iran Conflict 2026#38 15 Mar
Mentioned in: Brent breaks $106, 50% above pre-war
Iran Conflict 2026#38 15 Mar
Disclosed the US was deliberately allowing Iranian tankers through sanctions
Iran Conflict 2026: US lets Iranian oil fund Iran's war#35 14 Mar
Mentioned in: Trump: regime change a very big hurdle
Iran Conflict 2026#35 14 Mar
Mentioned in: Trump: reopen Hormuz or I hit the oil
Iran Conflict 2026#36 14 Mar
Mentioned in: Trump demands allied warships at Hormuz
Iran Conflict 2026#34 13 Mar
Mentioned in: Three officials, three lines on Hormuz
Iran Conflict 2026#33 11 Mar
Mentioned in: Brent closes above $100 for first time
Iran Conflict 2026#33 11 Mar
Mentioned in: Two cabinet members split on Hormuz
Iran Conflict 2026#5 11 Mar
Issued 30-day waivers covering ~124 million barrels of Iranian crude
Russia-Ukraine War 2026: 124m barrels of Russian crude freed#23 6 Mar
Mentioned in: Germany weighs joining Iran campaign
Iran Conflict 2026#23 6 Mar
Mentioned in: Spain sends warships; bars base access
Iran Conflict 2026#23 6 Mar
Mentioned in: EU backs Spain after Trump threatens it
Iran Conflict 2026#22 5 Mar
Tasked by Trump to cut off all dealings with Spain
Iran Conflict 2026: Trump orders Treasury to cut off Spain#6 4 Feb