"So they are abandoning ship, and we are seeing it come into banks and financial institutions all over the world," the Treasury Secretary added. We are going to trace these assets and they will not be able to keep them." Separately, Israel's Channel 14 reported on Wednesday that Iran's leaders have transferred $1.5 billion to escrow accounts in Dubai over the past two days. Iran has increasingly leaned on cryptocurrency rails to move money abroad as sanctions and banking restrictions complicate traditional transfers. Read our Privacy PolicyThe USS Abraham Lincoln is already within striking distance of IranIran reveals underground missile base on state broadcast