On March 19, local time, the Los Angeles Attorney’s Office accused 10 Iranian nationals of suspicion of long-term planning to evade US sanctions against Tehran.

  Acting U.S. Attorney Tracy Wilkison said in a statement that the defendants were 8 men and 2 women. They have been in the U.S., Canada and Canada through the U.S. financial system since 1999. The United Arab Emirates and other countries represented the Iranian government in transactions of about 300 million U.S. dollars and illegally sent U.S. dollars to Iran.

At present, all 10 defendants are charged with conspiracy to violate the legal sanctions against Iran.

In addition, the US government has also filed a civil forfeiture lawsuit, seeking more than 157 million U.S. dollars in compensation.

  A spokesperson for the US Attorney's Office in Los Angeles said that the defendants are currently outside the United States and have not yet been arrested. He declined to say whether they require foreign governments to detain them.

(CCTV reporter Xu Xiao)