India, Sept. 28 -- As Iran-US peace talks hang in balance, treasury secretary Scott Bessent has predicted that Iran will not have anything left to trade as it is set to complete its remaining oil shipments to China within two weeks. This grim forecast came as the Trump administration carries out an intensive campaign to build economic pressure on the regime.

Bessent claimed Iran's shipments have been successfully blocked by the US and the West Asian nation's last batch of about 15 million barrels of oil is out for delivery. Once this is delivered, Iran's trade would come to a stop as the US is blockading the ports under 'Operation Economic Outcast', which is meant to economically isolate Tehran.

"They will have nothing to trade for anyt...