US sanctions Iran currency exchange house, 19 vessels
The State Department on Tuesday announced sanctions against Amin Exchange, a major Iranian currency exchange house that the department alleged launders money for sanctioned Iranian banks and state-owned enterprises through a network of front companies in China, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates. Nineteen vessels accused of generating “hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue” for the Iranian regime via shipments of petroleum and petrochemical products to foreign countries are also facing sanctions. The tankers are sailing under various flags, including but not limited to Barbados, Panama and Hong Kong, among others.
- ▪The State Department on Tuesday announced sanctions against Amin Exchange, a major Iranian currency exchange house that the department alleged launders money for sanctioned Iranian banks and state-owned enterprises through a network of fron
- ▪Nineteen vessels accused of generating “hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue” for the Iranian regime via shipments of petroleum and petrochemical products to foreign countries are also facing sanctions.
- ▪The tankers are sailing under various flags, including but not limited to Barbados, Panama and Hong Kong, among others.
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Administration US sanctions Iran currency exchange house, 19 vessels Comments: by Sophie Brams - 05/19/26 4:02 PM ET Comments: Link copied by Sophie Brams - 05/19/26 4:02 PM ET Comments: Link copied NOW PLAYING The U.S. is imposing new sanctions on an Iranian currency exchange and 19 vessels accused of helping financially prop up the regime, the latest move in the Trump administration’s campaign to exert enough economic pressure on Tehran that it capitulates to U.S. conditions for ending the conflict.
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