{"id":278348,"date":"2026-02-07T04:01:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T04:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/278348\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T04:01:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T04:01:11","slug":"us-treasury-head-admits-creating-dollar-shortage-in-iran-to-spark-december-protests-thecradle-co","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/278348\/","title":{"rendered":"US treasury head admits creating &#039;dollar shortage&#039; in Iran to spark December protests &#8211; thecradle.co"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiswFBVV95cUxQRWowdUdCUmsxdGVRajJZZTNocUhqTmVnS0I1NTkwalROaXhzRW8tYW9QanJvblNraEg1RjdsTU5mNkdoX2x2OGZMUGk2VTAxQnRybThTZHpsMjRIcjBqbTRGMjlranQ4cl9Ld21CZTVIMkFKTEprWUVhS3ZQSnhCanJPVG5kSFQ3QjZMdDlNMUIzYmdzbjhjVWZFNDFuZHZ6WktPbzBMOWUtRFdKNVFQTW5NOA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">US treasury head admits creating &#8216;dollar shortage&#8217; in Iran to spark December protests<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;thecradle.co<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiYkFVX3lxTFBRQjhUUkVVWDR2RWxPSGRNNmNQOVZsR1doM1RvVEJpeTRsVWxrMUZvYWlmM3lPRHVNQjh5Tm9WNDQ5ZGlHRmYxR1p1UlBFX2JLSHdROF9fRHU1QzY1aGFsRXJ3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf7 Sec. Bessent says Washington triggered a dollar shortage that crashed Iran\u2019s currency, sent inflation soaring, and helped push people into the streets.<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;x.com<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinAFBVV95cUxPRUNwVEM3LWRvekg5TTZsOUViYmt4WW00WVV0U3l6RGxWaXlWYWRHS1psNTlHc1N4TU9EME1JYzQtd19nc2s2MmJTMVNuN0J2aDZwSUlhMnJvQ0NZa0tzaGtKcVRFb0MwTDVoS1RaZEI1VVRfQ3VoYldlenVBRXhyZ1V2LXhFVXByMW5TdlZmaFlNaTU1ZFRwS1I3bmU?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">US: Iran&#8217;s leadership wiring money out &#8216;like crazy&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;breakingthenews.net<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijAFBVV95cUxOLVVwLWJ3ektaRVAzN3RLSktWWjI5b3NxVVNqd0lUSlI5YWhTME1JbUtDZWJ5cXVoem0wMXJLSDRGakt4VHNGOG9KNkgtY1lEZFFTdENXZ0VrNTZNbzFsSmdXdXBMQVRnZE5aU0RXcXZtd2pucHFOSjdLSWtEVzlOUlN0RUVQZUY4a3RqZQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">US defends sanctions on Iran, Myanmar at Congress<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;IANS LIVE<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilwFBVV95cUxOaXREbG8tSGJoM0dZZUItZFVCRTNtWFI4M0RBelVHZ0FiMkNmU1ZmcUVyTks0MEt5XzJzUm14LUFNckxZZ1VWQmRLdnRoZkI3Tkx3N2FDNUZtSnhpczl2cmR5c2pXV2hjVUVrVmJRWWN4c2RFZk1jTEx2LVFEcy1qQ21Rd2Zsdnpkek5Nd3BHQ3hjOG1GM2pR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Iran News in Brief \u2013 February 6, 2026<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;National Council of Resistance of Iran &#8211; NCRI<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"US treasury head admits creating &#8216;dollar shortage&#8217; in Iran to spark December protests&nbsp;&nbsp;thecradle.co\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf7 Sec. Bessent says Washington triggered&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278349,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[114,184,85,46,43,24236,24237],"class_list":{"0":"post-278348","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-economy","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-israel","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-thecradle","14":"tag-thecradlearabic"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278348\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}