The U.S. Trump administration has announced that it will impose new financial sanctions on two foundations under the control of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and their associates for being involved in the confiscation of dissident property in Iran in the Middle East. did.
The US Treasury issued a statement yesterday, stating that it would impose sanctions on two foundations under the control of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, and their stakeholders.
It is alleged that these foundations violated the rights of dissidents, including the confiscation of Iran's dissidents' land and property.
Sanctions freeze assets in the United States and ban transactions with US financial institutions.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a statement, "With these foundations, Iran's senior management maintains a corrupt system that controls much of the economy. The United States is self-sufficient, claiming to help the Iranian people. We will continue to sanction those who fertilize. "
Regarding the nuclear agreement with Iran, which the Trump administration has unilaterally withdrawn, President-elect Biden has indicated his intention to return to the agreement on the condition that Iran will comply with the nuclear agreement again.
In response, the Trump administration has imposed sanctions on Iran's steel-related manufacturers on January 5, and has imposed sanctions one after another before the new administration is launched next week, and the new Biden administration has reached a nuclear agreement with Iran. It seems that the aim is to prevent it from returning to.