The Treasury Department on Thursday designated a key financier for Iranian leader Mojtaba Khamenei and several Iranian shadow exchange houses along with their operators and front companies.
The Office of Foreign Assets Control imposed the measures under executive orders targeting Iran’s financial sector and the Supreme Leader’s network. The designations block all property and interests in property of the named parties that are in the United States or come under the control of Americans, who are prohibited from dealings with them.
Among those sanctioned are Dubai-based Iranian national Ali Ansari, for allegedly materially assisting Khamenei. It also designated Ansari’s Saint Kitts and Nevis-based holding company, Smart Global Limited….