美国进一步将伊朗从全球金融体系中孤立出去
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The Trump administration moved on Friday to further isolate Iran from the global financial system by declaring the country a “jurisdiction of primary money laundering concern.”
The U.S. Treasury and State Departments also launched a new program to address concerns that its “maximum pressure” sanctions campaign is preventing Iran from receiving humanitarian aid even as the economy collapses.
The latest U.S. action forces U.S. banks to scour their foreign business relationships for any transactions with Iran. Requiring deeper due diligence raises the risk that any remaining foreign banks, firms and individuals caught doing business with Iran will face severe sanctions themselves, including being cut off from the world’s most important economy.
The new money-laundering designation is based on U.S. accusations that Iran’s government, including through its central bank, state-controlled companies and banks, and its elite military unit, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, is funneling money to U.S.-designated terror groups.
“Iran is a jurisdiction of primary money laundering concern that deliberately ensures that there is no transparency in their economy so they can export terrorism around the world,” Treasury Secretary Mnuchin said.
The U.S.’s European allies and other foreign governments opposed to the Trump administration’s Iran policy have complained the action was also preventing exports of medical supplies and other humanitarian aid allowed by the U.S. An effort by European governments to facilitate humanitarian trade known as Instex failed because businesses feared their activities could trigger U.S. penalties.
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The new policy aims to address those concerns by requiring any participants to provide the U.S. government details of all the transactions and to seize any assets found to violate sanctions against banned trade.
Brian Hook, the State Department’s special envoy to Iran, said the new humanitarian channel “will make it easier for foreign governments, financial institutions, and private companies to engage in legitimate humanitarian trade on behalf of the Iranian people while reducing the risk that money ends up in the wrong hands.”
Iran’s mission to the United Nations didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Ian Talley
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