President Trump’s treasury department has now issued fresh new sanctions against Iran, specifically against six individuals associate with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard:
BREAKING: U.S. Treasury issues fresh Iranian-related sanctions pic.twitter.com/TbSeNFM0Li
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) May 10, 2018
BREAKING: #US Treasury #sanctions six individuals linked to #Iranian revolutionary guard corps #Qods force pic.twitter.com/0pVyn3n456
— Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) May 10, 2018
Fresh @USTreasury sanctions announced targeting #Iran. https://t.co/FWwRVcxxbR
— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) May 10, 2018
MORE: US treasury blacklisted 6 individuals reportedly associated with #Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps & 3 related business entities https://t.co/GjJNT0H1QQ
— RT (@RT_com) May 10, 2018
The US Department of Treasury has blacklisted six individuals reportedly associated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and three related business entities, just days after the US exited the 2015 nuclear deal.
The list of sanctioned individuals was updated Thursday with the names of Meghdad Amini, Mohammad Hasan Khodai, Said Najafpur, Masud Nikbakht, Foad Salehi and Mohammadreza Khedmati Valadzaghard, said by the US government to be linked to “Quds Force” of the IRGC.
The Quds Force is commanded by Major General Qassem Soleimani, and has been designated by the US as a supporter of terrorism since 2007.
Given the attack on Israel yesterday by the IRGC, I think we can conclude that these new sanctions are directly in response to the attack. Which is really fast! And Awesome!