WASHINGTON: The US government imposed economic sanctions Friday on a Iranian financier accused of embezzling billions of dollars in public funding to enrich “regime elites” in Tehran. Iranian national Ali Ansari is described in a US Treasury statement as a “key financier” for the Islamic republic’s supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei.

US Treasury sanctions Iranian businessman Ali Ansari and linked entities over ties to Iran's leadership, with implications for crypto compliance and

The United States imposed sweeping new sanctions targeting an Iranian businessman accused of managing a global financial network for Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei and several…

According to the US Treasury, Washington's restrictions also apply to three Iranian "shadow exchange houses," one Hong Kong-based firm, and one UAE-based company

WASHINGTON: The US government imposed economic sanctions Friday on a Iranian financier accused of embezzling billions of dollars in public funding to enrich “regime elites” in…