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US Announces Fresh Sanctions Against Russia Over Navalny's Death

par This Is Beirut, 20/02 23:13 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The United States is set to unveil new sanctions against Russia on Friday in response to the death of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in prison. This action comes as several European governments have called in Russian diplomats amidst the escalating tensions. The United States will announce fresh sanctions on Russia on Friday over the death in ...

US Sanctions Israeli Intelligence Official's Spyware Group

par This Is Beirut, 05/03 19:58 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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US officials unveiled sanctions on Tuesday against entities linked to the Intellexa Consortium, citing their involvement in producing and disseminating commercial spyware utilized to target US officials, journalists and other individuals. The US Department of the Treasury stated that it sanctioned five entities and two people linked to the ...

US Sanctions Syria Over Drug Smuggling

par This Is Beirut, 26/03 22:29 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The US Treasury Department sanctioned 11 people and companies on Tuesday it said were involved in illicit financial transfers and drug smuggling in support of the government of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad. Many of those sanctioned were involved in the trade of the highly addictive amphetamine captagon, which is illegally trafficked ...

New Round of Western Sanctions Against Iran

par This Is Beirut, 25/04 20:31 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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US sanctions against Iran were tightened again on Thursday, targeting the country's military drone industry, alongside similar sanctions by Canada and the UK, almost two weeks after Tehran's attack on Israel. The UK on Thursday joined the United States and Canada in announcing a fresh set of sanctions against Iran's drone and missile industries ...

US Sanctions Suppliers in Russia, China over Ukraine War

par This Is Beirut, 01/05 21:47 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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United States officials on Wednesday announced fresh sanctions aimed at crippling Russia's military and industrial capabilities, punishing companies in China and elsewhere that help Moscow acquire weapons for its war in Ukraine. In a sweeping package announced by the US Treasury Department, Washington targeted nearly 300 entities in Russia, ...

Putin Signs Decree to Allow Seizure of US Assets

par This Is Beirut, 23/05 20:14 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday signed a decree allowing the confiscation of assets inside Russia belonging to the United States, its citizens and companies, to compensate those hit by Western sanctions against Moscow. The West froze around $300 billion of Russian financial assets, mostly its central bank reserves, after Moscow ...

US Issues Sanctions Related to Iran's UAV Program

par This Is Beirut, 31/05 19:59 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned four entities associated with OFAC-designated Rayan Roshd Afzar Company (RRA) that have supplied significant material for Iran’s UAV program. Additionally, OFAC has sanctioned an Iranian executive, Afshin Khajeh Fard, of the Iran Aviation Industries ...

US-Sanctioned Ex-IRGC Commander Announces Presidential Bid

par This Is Beirut, 01/06 19:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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A former commander in Iran's Revolutionary Guards who is under US sanctions registered his candidacy on Saturday for next month's presidential election, state media reported. Like other hopefuls, Vahid Haghanian will have to wait to see if his candidacy is approved by the Guardian Council, a 12-strong body of jurists dominated by conservatives ...

US Announces Sanctions Targeting Russia Over Ukraine War

par This Is Beirut, 12/06 20:14 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The United States announced a raft of sanctions on Wednesday aimed at constraining Moscow's war in Ukraine while raising the stakes for foreign banks that still deal with Russia, ahead of G7 leaders' talks this week. The Treasury Department and State Department's sanctions hit more than 300 targets, including entities in Russia and in countries ...

Iran Sanctions Take Center Stage in Presidential Campaign

par This Is Beirut, 24/06 13:44 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Iranians broadly deplore Western sanctions that battered the economy, but the country's six presidential candidates offer differing solutions – assuming the winner gets a say on foreign policy. Punishing US sanctions, reimposed following Washington's withdrawal from a landmark 2015 nuclear deal, have brought years of economic hardships, ...

US Sanctions 'Shadow Banking Network' Supporting Iran

par This Is Beirut, 25/06 18:56 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The United States unveiled sweeping sanctions Tuesday against almost 50 individuals and companies it says were part of a "shadow banking" network that moved billions of dollars for Iran's military. The sanctions target a network of Iranian exchange houses and foreign firms that enabled Iran's defense ministry and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ...

US Sanctions Oil Tankers Over Iran Nuclear 'Escalation'

par This Is Beirut, 27/06 23:46 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The United States on Thursday announced sanctions against shipping companies for transporting Iranian oil, saying it was a response to Tehran's nuclear "escalation," on the eve of presidential elections in the Islamic republic. "Over the past month, Iran has announced steps to further expand its nuclear program in ways that have no credible ...

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