US slaps new sanctions against Iran
Washington: The US has slapped fresh sanctions against Iran, targeting the country’s elite Revolutionary Guard force and energy and shipping sectors over its controversial nuclear and missile programmes. Sanctions were placed on the financial networks of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which is seen as a key driver of Iran’s suspected nuclear weapons programme; and the country’s national maritime carrier — the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL). “Both the IRGC and IRISL are major institutional participants in Iran’s illicit conduct and in its attempts to evade sanctions. We will therefore continue to target and expose their networks,” Stuart Levey, Under Secretary…
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