WASHINGTON - The United States on Thursday targeted Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) for sanctions over its support to terrorist groups and the Syrian government.
The Department of Treasury blacklisted the ministry also for "its central role in perpetrating human rights abuses against the citizens of Iran", a move that bars US persons from doing business with the agency, freezes its assets under US jurisdiction and imposes a visa ban on all its members.
The US Treasury alleged that the MOIS provides financial, material or technological support for Hezbollah, a Lebanese Shiite militant group, and Hamas, a Palestinian movement that rules the Gaza Strip, and has participated in multiple joint projects with Hezbollah in computer hacking. Washington brands both Hezbollah and Hamas as terrorist organizations. (chinanews)
(Cartoon: Copyright Control/iranpoloticsclub.net).
The Department of Treasury blacklisted the ministry also for "its central role in perpetrating human rights abuses against the citizens of Iran", a move that bars US persons from doing business with the agency, freezes its assets under US jurisdiction and imposes a visa ban on all its members.
The US Treasury alleged that the MOIS provides financial, material or technological support for Hezbollah, a Lebanese Shiite militant group, and Hamas, a Palestinian movement that rules the Gaza Strip, and has participated in multiple joint projects with Hezbollah in computer hacking. Washington brands both Hezbollah and Hamas as terrorist organizations. (chinanews)
(Cartoon: Copyright Control/iranpoloticsclub.net).
