Scott Bessent's $1 Billion Crypto Seizure Claim Met With Shakespeare's 'Dwarfish Thief' Dig By Iran

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei used a famous quote from William Shakespeare’s play “Macbeth” on Monday to ridicule Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s claim about seizing $1 billion worth of Iran’s cryptocurrencies.
‘Dwarfish Thief’ In ‘Giant’s Robe’
Baqaei posted a video of Bessent from the Reagan National Economic Forum last month, where the Treasury Secretary said the U.S. had seized “about a billion dollars” in Iran’s digital assets.
“Just outright grabbed the wallets. Some of them may be typing in right now and might not realize that their wallet has been grabbed,” Bessent had said.
Baqaei then threw a shade with a quote from Shakespeare’s famous tragedy play that goes, “Now does he feel his title Hang loose about him, like a giant’s robe Upon a dwarfish thief.”