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US sanctions Iranian officials, crypto exchanges
The US Treasury imposed new sanctions on Iranian officials on Friday, including Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni Kalagari, for overseeing violent repression during protests. Additional sanctions targeted Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) members, financier Babak Morteza Zanjani and two UK-based cryptocurrency exchanges, Zedcex and Zedxion, marking the first such action against digital asset platforms for supporting the IRGC. Treasury stated these exchanges have "processed large volumes of funds" for the IRGC. "Rather than build a prosperous Iran, the regime has chosen to squander what remains of the nation's ... (full story)