Cairo – Sputnik. The U.S. Treasury stated in a release: “Today, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury imposed sanctions on Iranian financial facilitators and individuals and entities in the United Arab Emirates and Hong Kong due to their role in coordinating the transfer of funds, including proceeds from Iranian oil sales, benefiting the Quds Force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps and the Iranian Ministry of Defense.” The department published a list of individuals and entities included in the latest sanctions package.
The U.S. Treasury Department had announced on July 30th the imposition of the largest package of sanctions related to Iran since 2018, which includes more than 100 individuals, entities, and oil tankers associated with Hussein Shamkhani, the son of the political advisor to the Iranian Supreme Leader, Ali Shamkhani.
It is noted that Israel and Iran exchanged airstrikes and missile attacks that lasted from June 13 to June 24. The conflict included Iran bombing “strategic targets” and Israel destroying several vital targets in Iran. It also involved American and Israeli bombing of Iran’s nuclear facilities, followed by an Iranian attack on the American Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar on June 24, 2025, before U.S. President Donald Trump announced that both parties had reached a ceasefire agreement.
