United States Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent vowed on Thursday to “shut down” Iran’s oil sector and drone “manufacturing capabilities” and also threatened to impose maximum financial pressure on the Middle Eastern country. “If I were an Iranian I would get all my money out of the rial now,” Bessent said, addressing the Economic Club of New York. He said that the current US administration’s policy of maximum pressure against Iran is designed to “collapse” the country’s economy. “We will close off Iran’s access to the international financial system by targeting regional parties that facilitate the transfer of revenues,” Bessent threatened. “If economic security is national security, Iran’s regime will have neither,” he concluded.