The EU has enacted its 21st sanctions package, expanding measures against Russia's financial and banking sector with asset freezes and transaction bans on 94 institutions. It also targets a Kyrgyz bank and three other non-Russian banks for circumventing sanctions, and introduces a new instrument for a full third-country ban on crypto-asset services used by Russia.
Indirect talks between US and Iranian officials on unfreezing $6bn in Iranian assets will resume in Doha on Wednesday. The discussions, mediated by Qatar, aim to address issues including the Strait of Hormuz and a potential Lebanon ceasefire, though direct meetings have not yet occurred.
Qatar's Foreign Ministry stated that the unfreezing of $24 billion in Iranian assets was discussed during preparations for a memorandum of understanding between the US and Iran. Details remain undisclosed until the agreement is officially signed.
نائب الرئيس الأمريكي يؤكد استعداد واشنطن لرفع تجميد الأصول الإيرانية وإلغاء بعض العقوبات، شريطة التزام طهران بتعهداتها النووية طويلة الأجل. ويحذر من مبالغة المتشددين الإيرانيين في تقدير الفوائد وتقليل شأن التنازلات المطلوبة.
Details suggest that if a memorandum of understanding becomes an agreement, at least part of Iran's frozen assets will be unfrozen in the first stage.
Stablecoin issuer Tether said it coordinated with U.S. authorities to implement one of its largest asset freezes on record.
