US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent expressed uncertainty regarding the mechanism by which military confrontations with Iran will halt, coinciding with the conflict entering advanced months exceeding half a year. He noted that the opposing side suffers from clear fractures and
a financial deficit preventing it from meeting obligations toward its fighters. The US official explained during a television appearance that he is unaware of the verbal connotation of surrender in the Persian language, suggesting a gradual collapse and adding that
war pathways remain ambiguous and unpredictable until their final resolution, citing the sudden fall of the Berlin Wall. He touched upon several possibilities to end the crisis, including a domestic popular uprising or a rebellion within the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.
