Industry, textile or mining. The United States detailed, Friday, January 10, the new sanctions announced against Iran, which target several companies and eight senior officials of the regime who "Advances the objectives of destabilization" of the Islamic Republic as well as the country's largest manufacturers of steel, aluminum, copper and iron.
The Trump administration has designated 17 Iranian metal producers and mining companies, a network of three entities based in China and Seychelles, and a ship involved in the purchase, sale and transfer of Iranian metal products, as well as in the supply to Iranian metal producers of crucial production components, said US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin at a press conference, detailing the list of companies and officials involved.
Without US sanctions, Iran would have reaped "Literally tens of billions of dollars. They would use this for terrorist activities throughout the region ”, did he declare. "There is no doubt that by cutting finances from the regime, we are having an impact. "
Continued pressures on Iran
On the night of January 8-9, Iran launched Operation Martyr Soleimani in retaliation for Washington’s removal of General Ghassem Soleimani from Baghdad. According to the Pentagon, 11 missiles fired by Iran hit the air base of Ain Al-Assad and one of Erbil, where some of the 5,200 American soldiers deployed in Iraq are stationed. Tehran had spoken of 22 missiles. He does " no doubt " that Iran wanted to kill US soldiers in the strikes, said Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
The American president then announced the immediate imposition of new economic sanctions against the Islamic Republic without giving details.
According to the US Treasury Department, these sanctions will continue until the Iranian regime "Stop funding global terrorism" and pledges never to have nuclear weapons.
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