Polymarket traders price 8% odds Iran regime falls before 2027 after Bessent sanctions
Treasury Secretary Bessent announced new sanctions against Iran that traders are calling an 'economic onslaught,' but prediction-market participants are skeptical the pressure will topple the regime. Polymarket gives the Islamic Republic just an 8% chance of falling before 2027. Nearly $25 million is at stake in the market.
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Joins a dense run of Iran and political-contract coverage on Polymarket that now spans an Iranian regime-change market, nuclear-talks whale bets, and chamber-level pricing — all testing whether the platform's concentrated liquidity can support geopolitical as well as electoral forecasting.