The blacklisted former owners of a Tbilisi-based bank are seeking to reclaim the company they once lost control over in the wake of U.S. allegations that they had aided Iran.
As the Obama administration weighs punitive measures against Russia, part of its calculus will be the degree to which Russian officials can undermine U.S. national interests, including sanctions against Iran.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit will soon consider a lower court ruling that denied a claim made by terror victims against Iranian funds on the grounds they had been moved out of the United States.
A bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation Wednesday that would bar foreign financial institutions that help Iran's central bank circumvent currency restrictions from holding correspondent accounts in the United States.
The U.S. Treasury Department issued a press release announcing the designation of nine persons involved in an international network through which the Iranian regime provided millions of barrels of oil to the Syrian government, in cooperation with Russian companies.
November 20, 2018
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