The measures aim to intensify the economic isolation of Tehran by stripping its financial enablers of access to the US financial system. The Treasury is focusing on dismantling the clandestine infrastructure that allows adversaries to move illicit funds and avoid traditional banking oversight to protect the integrity of the global financial system.
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
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US Treasury Sanctions Russia Linked A7 Network to Isolate Iran
Geopolitics19 days ago
The US government has blacklisted a network of facilitators used to move funds for the Iranian regime to stop the flow of illicit capital. The US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned the A7 Network, a crypto-based shadow banking system with ties to Russia, as a transnational criminal organization to disrupt Iran's ability to bypass sanctions. As part of Operation Economic Outcast, FinCEN proposed a rule to prohibit fund transmittals involving the network's sub-agents and issued an alert helping financial institutions detect suspicious activities.
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