US EditionUS Imposes Sanctions on Iran over Crackdown on Protesters
The sanctions target five Iranian officials and 18 entities involved in laundering billions from oil exports to fund repression, amid protests killing over 2,400 people, U.S. Treasury said.
- On January 15, 2026, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control announced sanctions targeting Iranian officials and clandestine financial networks at President Donald Trump's direction.
- Protests that started Dec. 28 over the rial's collapse have led to over 2,500 deaths, while a state-imposed internet blackout restricts casualty verification.
- OFAC's blacklist targets 18 individuals and companies tied to Bank Melli and Shahr Bank, sanctions five Iranian security officials, and blacklists Fardis women's prison plus IRGC units in Lorestan and Fars provinces.
- Officials cautioned that the sanctions freeze U.S. assets and prohibit Americans from doing business with those named, while many hold little or no U.S. property, Pigott said.
- The move is part of President Donald Trump's 'maximum pressure' campaign to choke Iran's oil exports, with Treasury saying laundered funds finance repression and militant groups abroad.
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U.S. sanctions Iranian officials over violent crackdown on protests
The United States imposed new sanctions on senior Iranian officials and financial networks tied to Tehran’s crackdown on anti-government protests, targeting security leaders and shadow banking operations accused of enabling repression and sanctions evasion, according to the Treasury Department. The U.S. Department of the Treasury said on Thursday that its Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned key figures involved in directing Iran’s…
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