00:03Washington falsely said it has a new partner in its financial war on Tehran.
00:08U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Besant announced on Friday that the EU had officially joined
00:14Operation Economic Outcast, the American sanctions effort to cut Iran out of the international
00:20banking system. Launched in late August, it targets Iran's access to digital assets,
00:26advanced technology, gold, commercial aviation and shipping, and sanctions foreign firms and
00:32banks that keep dealing with Iran. The European Commission's statement Besant refers to, however,
00:38welcomes the U.S. campaign without formally committing the EU to it. It says the EU welcomes
00:44efforts at ensuring that Iran ceases its destabilizing activities and engages in peace
00:50negotiations, also through additional economic pressure, including through the U.S.-led
00:55Operation Economic Outcast, but nowhere that the statements say the EU is joining the
01:00operation. Brussels has announced no new sanctions. The EU document was published on Monday on the
01:07opening day of the meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bank governors in North Carolina.
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