We must terminate Tehran’s tentacles of terrorism, not just Iranian leadership

Published March 5, 2026 12:00pm ET



Iran’s military assets are being obliterated by U.S. and Israeli strikes, but airpower cannot dismantle one of the regime’s most dangerous asymmetric capabilities: sophisticated illicit financial networks that extend far beyond Iran’s borders.

Billions of dollars stashed offshore could still be mobilized by surviving hardliners to prop up the regime, finance terrorist attacks in the West, and escape accountability for their crimes against the Iranian people.

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