Bộ Tài chính Hoa Kỳ mở rộng các biện pháp trừng phạt đối với lĩnh vực tiền mã hóa của Iran, liên quan đến hơn 100 triệu USD trong các khoản thanh toán dầu mỏ

The Huoxing Finance report states that the U.S. Department of the Treasury has expanded its sanctions framework against Iran to include the digital asset sector, noting that related cryptocurrency payments exceeding $100 million have been used to facilitate Iran's crude oil sales. The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), a division of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, has also imposed sanctions on nearly 60 entities, individuals, and vessels involved in nuclear energy, missiles, cyber, and crude oil networks. This digital asset sanctions designation enables OFAC to sanction foreign individuals and companies operating in Iran’s digital asset sector or providing support services to it. The U.S. Department of the Treasury stated that Iran is increasingly using cryptocurrencies to evade sanctions, including processing transactions related to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and internal government figures. The Treasury reported that Ivan Obukhov, a Ukrainian broker based in the UAE, has processed over $100 million in cryptocurrency payments since 2023 to assist the IRGC’s Quds Force in facilitating crude oil sales. OFAC has added Ivan Obukhov and his UAE-based company, Foscom FZE, to its sanctions list.