New American sanctions against Iran – Mehr News Agency | RCO News Agency

According to the report of Mehr news agency, quoted by Bloomberg, the US Department of Treasury has sanctioned an Iranian oil network in continuation of the pressure against the peaceful nuclear program of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

The US Department of Treasury announced in a statement that it has sanctioned the oil network that supports Iran’s military sector.

In this statement, the names of 14 individuals, 24 companies, 10 ships and 7 planes are included in the black list of sanctions.

“Scott enoughThe US Treasury Secretary claimed: Today’s action is the continuation of maximum pressure to cut off Iran’s financial resources in developing nuclear weapons and supporting proxy terrorist groups and disrupting its revenues to curb its nuclear ambitions.

The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is also targeting six ships and expanding sanctions against the fleet of shadow tankers that Iran relies on to move its oil exports to market, the Treasury Department added.

This American organization claimed that the Trump administration has sanctioned more than 170 ships responsible for transporting Iranian oil and oil products, which has increased costs for Iranian oil exporters and reduced Iran’s income from each barrel of oil sold.

The US Department of Treasury also claimed: “The Office of Foreign Assets Control of the US Department of the Treasury today took additional measures against the Iranian Mahan Airlines Company.” air does, which has closely cooperated with the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to arm and supply terrorist groups supported by Iran throughout the Middle East.

The US Department of Treasury claimed: Today’s action is based on the recent sanctions imposed in February and May, which target the key factors of Iran’s military oil exports.

According to the announcement of the US Treasury Department, the people who are on the sanctions list are citizens of different countries, including Singapore, Iran, and Canada, and the companies are also located in different countries, including the United Arab Emirates, Greece, Singapore, LiberiaGermany, Panama and Iran are based.

According to the announcement of this American institution, the embargoed ships, under the flag of Panama, ComorosCameroon and Gambia, and seven sanctioned planes are included in this list due to their connection with Mahan Airlines.