New U.S. Sanctions Target Iran's Aviation, Shipping


   
   HOUSTON, TX (DTN) --The U.S. Department of the Treasury (DOT) launched the 
"Operation Economic Outcast" campaign on Monday (8/24) aiming to sever Iran's 
economic ties with the global financial system.  

   As part of the campaign, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued 
five new sectoral sanctions targeting Iran's digital assets, technology, gold, 
aviation, and shipping sectors. The measure seeks to expand the Treasury's 
authority to sanction any foreign person operating in or supporting those 
industries, the DOT stated.

   Nearly 60 entities, individuals, and vessels were designated across multiple 
jurisdictions, spanning nuclear and missile procurement networks, a malicious 
Iranian cyber group directed by the Ministry of Intelligence and Security, and 
an extensive shadow fleet oil revenue network operating across the UAE, China, 
Singapore, Switzerland, and Europe.

   Five shadow fleet vessels were blocked, and several general licenses 
previously authorizing remittance payments and Iranian access to U.S. cultural 
and academic institutions were suspended, according to a DOT statement.

   Countries that fail to act, officials warned, face the prospect of being cut 
off from the U.S. financial system entirely.

   Iran, Treasury said, now faces a clear choice: severe global isolation, or a 
path back to the international economy.




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