U.S. indicts firms for helping Iran evade sanctions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors took aim at Iran's main state shipping line on Monday, indicting several firms and individuals for helping the blacklisted firm's weapons proliferation activities by falsifying bank records. The indictments from the Manhattan District Attorney are the United States' latest attempts to paralyze the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL), which was slapped with financial sanctions by the U.S. Treasury in 2008 for its role in aiding Iran's ballistic missile development program. Eleven ...
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