US Imposes New Crackdowns on Iran-Supported Groups and Person Related to Alleged Sanctions Violation

In the statement made by the US Treasury Department, it was reported that the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took action against the networks that allow Iran to create destruction in the Middle East through terrorist extensions.

In the statement, it was stated that OFAC's step targeted individuals and organizations supporting Kataib Hezbollah and Lebanese Hezbollah.

The statement pointed out that those added to the sanctions list have spread to Iraq, Lebanon, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Türkiye and that they have laid the groundwork for Iran's "destabilizing" activities in the region. "The sanctions decisions taken today target the very center of Iran's most dangerous proxy elements." The expression was used.

In the statement, it was noted that the sanctions included Kataib Hezbollah commanders, Iranian-backed elements that infiltrated Hashd al-Shaabi, and front companies based in the UAE and Iraq that supplied weapons and ammunition to the Quds Force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps.

In addition, it was stated in the statement that foreign exchange offices and couriers who transferred oil revenues to the Lebanese Hezbollah, and gold exchange and finance network managers linked to Syria and Türkiye were also added to the sanctions list.

On the other hand, it was reported that a person who violated sanctions by providing consultancy services to a software company in Iran agreed to pay a fine of $ 1.4 million and that the Ministry of Treasury will now evaluate all special license requests related to Iran with the presumption of "rejection", except in exceptional cases.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, whose evaluations were included in the statement, emphasized that Operation Economic Exclusion targets those who continue to side with Iran.

"Whether they are financing terrorism, laundering money, or helping Iran evade sanctions, we will find them, cut their ties to the US financial system, and dismantle the networks that keep the regime afloat," Bessent said. he said.