In a CNBC
interview, Bessent announced that all Iranian airlines face a worldwide
shutdown starting September 23 as part of Operation Economic Outcast, building
on sanctions against 27 carriers issued on September 8.
The move uses secondary sanctions to pressure foreign providers—any company offering services to Iranian flights could lose access to the U.S. dollar system.
Online views split between those seeing it as hardship for everyday Iranians and others calling it essential pressure on the regime, amid questions on enforcement details.