evidence: That’s not "zero." Iran had more than $70 billion in reserves when Trump took office, but the fall was dramatic. In absolute dollars, Trump’s figures understated the scale of the decline; he said it was $70 billion, but it was actually about 60% bigger: $113 billion. [...] Iran’s foreign currency reserves have since risen to about $24 billion, but that remains well below their pre-Trump level. [...] His numbers are off. Iran’s reserves were larger than he said, and they did not fall to zero. But he’s on point about the trend line: Iran’s foreign currency reserves fell from $128 billion in 2015 to $15 billion in 2019, a plunge nearly 60% bigger in absolute dollars than Trump said.