SWIFT to cut services for Iran firms blacklisted by EU
European Union nations agreed Thursday to ban financial transfers such as payments to hundreds of Iranian firms and individuals blacklisted by the bloc over In several rounds of sanctions, the latest in January, the EU has frozen the assets of 116 people and 442 firms and utilities, including the Iranian central bank. The measures are part of global efforts to force Tehran to abandon a nuclear programme feared to have military aims -- a claim rejected by Tehran. A statement Thursday said the EU had "agreed that no specialised financial ...
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