Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday urged world leaders at a G7 conference to help the U.S. combat Iranian terrorism by “rooting out the financing that sustains it.” Bessent, in a speech to the “No Money for Terror” conference in Paris, laid out a new rubric for imposing “aggressive and targeted” sanctions. “As the United States targets the financial networks that enemy actors use to perpetrate terror, we trust that your participation here today reflects a readiness to stand with us in full measure,” Bessent said. “That will require, for example, our European partners to join the United States in taking ... (full story)