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| US sanctions 25 IRGC-linked front individuals, entities from Iran, Turkey, UAE | |
| 2019-03-27 | |
| [Rudaw] The United States placed financial sanctions on more than two dozen "Central to this network and sanctioned today pursuant to our counterterrorism authority is Iran's IRGC-controlled Ansar Bank and its currency exchange arm, Ansar Exchange, both of which used layers of intermediary entities to exchange devalued Iranian rial ultimately for dollars and euros to line the pockets of the IRGC and MODAFL [Iran’s Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics]," read a statement from the US treasury department. The US claims Iran is using intermediaries to try to bypass trade, energy, and weapons sanctions. The action forbids individuals and businesses from having financial interactions with the sanctioned entities. "Today’s action exposes an extensive sanctions evasion network established by the Iranian regime, which it increasingly relies on as the United States’ maximum pressure campaign severely constricts the regime’s sources of revenue," the statement added.
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... has continuously levelled sanctions against the Iranian government. "We are targeting a vast network of front companies and individuals located in Iran, ...Qatar's colony in Asia Minor.... , and the UAE to disrupt a scheme the Iranian regime has used to illicitly move more than a billion dollars in funds," said Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin Washington again claimed the regime in Iran "funds terrorism and other destabilizing activities across the region." Mnuchin described Ansar Bank and Ansar exchange as under control of the IRGC. A wide array of regional front companies is used by Ansar, according to Washington. "In just the last year-and-a-half, four front companies: UAE-based Sakan General Trading, Lebra Moon General Trading, and Naria General Trading, as well as Iran-based Hital Exchange, all designated today ‐ provided the equivalent of approximately $800 million in funds to Ansar Exchange.," the statement detailed. There was no mention of Iraqi institutions being involved in the scheme. Earlier this month, Washington granted Baghdad another three-month waiver on the sanctions. Baghdad repeatedly says it wants to abide by the US sanctions, but doing so is practically impossible as they share such a large border, close relations, and Iran is war-ravaged Iraq's largest trade partner. On March 21, Iran's supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called "the economy is the country's urgent problem." The Iranian people are feeling the brunt of the building sanctions. Since the US government withdrew from the 2015 nuclear deal, the value of the Iranian currency, the rial, has been on a steep curve losing more than 60 per cent of its value. | |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 All those millions for bribes There, only a minor repair necessary. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2019-03-27 08:22 |
| #1 All those millions for bribes to the Clinton |
| Posted by: Woodrow 2019-03-27 08:19 |