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The U.S. imposed sanctions connected 10 radical and firms from Iran and Venezuela implicit allegedly contributing to Iran's drone commercialized and ballistics programme which the Trump medication says threatens the U.S. and its allies successful West Asia.
The Treasury Department said the latest measures are intended to enactment the reimposed United Nations sanctions connected Iran implicit its atomic programme, further squeezing the Islamic Republic. Iran has agelong insisted its atomic programme is peaceful.
Included successful Tuesday's (December 30, 2025) sanctions is simply a Venezuelan steadfast and its chairman, accused of purchasing Iranian drones; 3 Iranian men connected with efforts to procure chemicals utilized for ballistic missiles; and a radical of Iran-based radical and firms connected to Rayan Fan Group, a holding institution antecedently sanctioned by the U.S.
In February, President Donald Trump reimposed a “maximum pressure” run connected Iran successful an effort to to artifact its improvement of atomic weapons. The run included U.S. led strikes connected 3 captious Iranian enrichment facilities this summertime aft a week of unfastened struggle betwixt Israel and Iran, sparked by a abrupt barrage of attacks by Israel against Iran's atomic and subject structure.
This week, Mr. Trump warned Iran that the U.S. could transportation retired further subject strikes if the state attempts to reconstitute its atomic programme arsenic helium held talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu successful Florida.
“Treasury is holding Iran and Venezuela accountable for their assertive and reckless proliferation of deadly weapons astir the world,” said Treasury's Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, John K. Hurley. “We volition proceed to instrumentality swift enactment to deprive those who alteration Iran's military-industrial analyzable entree to the U.S. fiscal system.” State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott said Iran continues to interruption UN restrictions. “Iran's ongoing proviso of accepted weapons to Caracas is simply a menace to US interests successful our region," helium said.
