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Today, Thursday, the United States imposed tough new sanctions on the Iranian financial sector, this time against 18 banks, in an attempt to reinforce Iran’s isolation from the global banking system.
The United States Department of the Treasury announced the sanctions on its website and said that it considered the financial sector of the Iranian economy to be subject to Executive Order No. 13902, but indicated that the restrictions do not apply to the allocation of products. agricultural, food, medicine or medical devices.
The ministry found that those involved in certain operations with entities under US sanctions after a 45-day hiatus may be subject to secondary sanctions or compliance measures.
Treasury sanctions eighteen major Iranian banks https://t.co/s7AxmAZpEy
– Treasury Department (@USTreasury) October 8, 2020
US Treasury Secretary Stephen Manuchin said on Twitter that the sanctions on 18 Iranian banks “underscore our commitment to addressing the illegal acquisition of US dollars,” adding that today’s measures will continue to allow humanitarian operations to support the Iranian people.
Manuchin also stressed that the US sanctions programs will continue until Iran stops supporting “terrorist activities and stops its nuclear programs.”
Today, @The United States Treasury took further steps to isolate the Iranian economy from the global financial system, as the regime uses the financial sector to further its evil program. The United States remains committed to the flow of humanitarian trade to the Iranian people. https://t.co/KaJXmc0M6n
– Steven Mnuchin (@ stevenmnuchin1) October 8, 2020
From Tehran, Iranian Foreign Minister Muhammad Javad Zarif accused Washington of targeting the remaining “channels to pay for food and medicine” in Iran in the face of the Corona virus pandemic, by resorting to these new sanctions announced Thursday.
Zarif said on Twitter: “In light of the Covid-19 pandemic, the American system wants to blow up the remaining channels to pay for food and medicine … but conspiring to starve a people is a crime against humanity.”
In the midst of the Covid19 pandemic, the US regime wants to blow up the remaining channels to pay for food and medicine.
The Iranians will survive this latest of the cruelties.
But conspiring to starve a population is a crime against humanity. The culprits and facilitators, who block our money, will face justice. pic.twitter.com/n0fnXPNik8
– Javad Zarif (@JZarif) October 8, 2020
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