Treasury Secretary issues worldwide call for tips on Iranian financial enablers under Operation Economic Outcast, promising awards to anyone with actionable information regardless of location or employer
ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) - US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent issued a worldwide call for whistleblowers on Tuesday urging anyone with information about financial networks enabling Iran's sanctions evasion to come forward, promising financial awards to tipsters anywhere in the world regardless of their location or employer, as part of Operation Economic Outcast's escalating campaign to sever every remaining financial lifeline to the Islamic Republic.
"Treasury launched Operation Economic Outcast to cut off all financial lifelines to the Iranian regime and its enablers. That's why I issued a new call for whistleblowers to come forward with tips about those who facilitate Iran's terror," Bessent wrote on X on Tuesday.
The Treasury Secretary made the scope of the appeal explicitly global.
"To anyone worldwide with information on these lifelines: This is your chance. If you have actionable information for Treasury, you may be eligible for an award, no matter where you live or who signs your paycheck. If you see something, say something,"
he said.
The whistleblower call represents a significant expansion of Operation Economic Outcast's intelligence-gathering architecture. Rather than relying solely on US government intelligence agencies, financial regulators, and law...
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