The US government announced on Wednesday the imposition of new sanctions on Iran, targeting more than 50 people and companies, as well as more than 50 ships that, according to Washington, are linked to the commercial fleet of the son of high -ranking Iranian officials. The US Treasury said in a press release that it was “the biggest” penalties in Iran “since 2018”. They target, especially a fleet of ships, tankers and vessels carrier of container, controlled according to Washington by Mohammad Hussein Samhani, son of Ali Samhani, adviser to the Supreme leader of Iran Ali. “The Samhani family’s naval empire shows how the elites of the Iranian regime take advantage of its position to accumulate wealth and fund the regime’s dangerous behavior,” commented US minister Scott Besed, according to the press release. “The more than 115 sanctions established today are the largest to date after the Trump government started the […]
Source: News Beast
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