{"id":2649382,"date":"2026-08-25T14:38:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T18:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bessent-handling-iran-wars-economic-pressure-well-tiana-lowe-doescher\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T15:12:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T19:12:03","slug":"bessent-handling-iran-wars-economic-pressure-well-tiana-lowe-doescher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bessent-handling-iran-wars-economic-pressure-well-tiana-lowe-doescher\/","title":{"rendered":"Bessent handling Iran war\u2019s economic pressure well: Tiana Lowe Doescher"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbessent-handling-iran-wars-economic-pressure-well-tiana-lowe-doescher%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2649382&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Washington Examiner columnist Tiana Lowe Doescher praised Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent for his effectiveness in applying economic pressure on Iran. she described Bessent as highly capable and influential, emphasizing his role in imposing secondary sanctions targeting Iran\u2019s digital assets, technology, gold, aviation, and shipping, as well as nearly 60 individuals and entities involved in circumventing sanctions. Thes measures aim to weaken Iran&#8217;s economy by restricting its revenue sources, particularly oil exports. Doescher highlighted that these sanctions are also designed to pressure Iran\u2019s allies, especially China, which continues to purchase Iranian oil. She believes that reducing Iran&#8217;s financial capabilities could lead to the regime&#8217;s decline and erode its control over key strategic areas like the Strait of Hormuz. Despite preparations for &#8220;economic D-Day,&#8221; she notes that the U.S. has been gradually limiting iran\u2019s financial and shipping activities, making the regime increasingly vulnerable if its oil exports fail to generate revenue.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Washington Examiner <\/em>economics columnist <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/tiana-lowe-doescher\/\">Tiana Lowe Doescher<\/a> on Monday praised Treasury Secretary <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/scott-bessent\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"11700\">Scott Bessent<\/a>, who appears to be the new face of economic pressure placed on Iran.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBessent is indeed the best-equipped person to handle this. Not only because, in my estimation, Bessent is the most consequential treasury secretary in some time, probably the single most effective actor in the administration, and probably given the hardest roster,\u201d Doescher said on One America News\u2019s <em>Fine Print<\/em>. <\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4699554\/scott-bessent-economic-pressure-iran-war-tiana-lowe-doescher\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Scott Bessent is \u2018best-equipped person\u2019 to handle economic pressure of Iran war: Tiana Lowe Doescher<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4699503\/usha-jd-vance-family-el-sayed\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Usha Vance says husband\u2019s family always embraced her after el Sayed\u2019s \u2018Papaw\u2019 swipe<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4699306\/strait-of-hormuz-cleared-of-all-iranian-mines-trump-new-one-destroyed-space-force\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Strait of Hormuz cleared of all Iranian mines: Trump<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bessent <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4698689\/bessent-economic-asphyxiation-iran-sanctions\/\">unveiled secondary sanctions against Iran<\/a> and foreign countries financially assisting the nation on Monday; however, the overall message anticipated as an \u201ceconomic D-Day\u201d <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4698623\/trump-holds-off-toughest-iran-sanctions-economic-d-day\/\">came more as a warning<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new sanctions target <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"100\">Iran\u2019s<\/a> \u201cdigital assets, technology, gold, aviation, and shipping,\u201d and name nearly 60 individuals, entities, and vessels accused of propping up Iran\u2019s war machine through illicit commerce and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/sanctions\/\">sanctions<\/a> evasion.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"406\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 720 \/ 406;\" width=\"720\" controls src=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-08-24-Grabien-One_America_News_OAN_Network-Fine_Point_with_Chanel_Rion_OANN-3694820.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThese aren\u2019t sanctions on Iran; these are sanctions on our supposed allies and partners that still do business with Iran,\u201d Doescher said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cRather than just using brute force targeting Iran directly, that\u2019s great and important, tariffing a country to secure a better trade deal, that\u2019s fine. But really all of Trump\u2019s strategy about \u2018America First\u2019 should be about forcing our allies to do what we want, and that means isolating Iran economically,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Doescher noted the secondary sanctions predominantly target <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/china\/\">China<\/a> and that they will be the \u201creal stress test\u201d to determine how much the Trump administration will go after China, so long as it continues to purchase Iranian oil for its \u201cteapot refineries.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Doescher also argued that cutting off Iran financially would result in the decline of the Iranian regime and its economy. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4698623\/trump-holds-off-toughest-iran-sanctions-economic-d-day\/\"><strong>TRUMP HOLDS OFF ON TOUGHEST IRAN SANCTIONS DESPITE \u2018ECONOMIC D-DAY\u2019 BILLING, EXPERTS SAY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou can make Iran\u2019s control of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/strait-of-hormuz\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"21488\">Strait of Hormuz<\/a> meaningless. For one thing, the U.S. is succeeding, very slowly, but gradually and significantly opening up the Strait of Hormuz. More of our ships and more of our allies\u2019 ships are beginning to make it through the strait,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, if you are making it so that way Iran is financially cut off, that their exports don\u2019t mean anything, it doesn\u2019t matter if they don\u2019t hold onto the Strait of Hormuz,\u201d she said. \u201cIf they\u2019re not bringing in any revenue, and oil is their only revenue, they aren\u2019t exporting finance, culture, any other real goods like that, if they can\u2019t find actual buyers for their oil, that is probably the end of the regime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Christian Datoc contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tiana Lowe Doescher praises Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent&#8217;s role in pressuring Iran<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4394,"featured_media":2649383,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/bessent-iran-sanctions-presser.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[45545,84639,3823],"class_list":["post-2649382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-bessent","tag-economic-pressure","tag-iran"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/bessent-iran-sanctions-presser.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2649382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4394"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2649382"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2649382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2649409,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2649382\/revisions\/2649409"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2649383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2649382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2649382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2649382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}