Iran, the investigation reveals how Tehran mocks the United States on sanctions
Iran has been subjected for years to sanctions imposed by the United States. This is a series of economic, commercial, scientific and military restrictions against the Asian country, established by the government of USA across the United Nations Security Council. Since 2015 they include a embargo on negotiations with Iran by the United States and the ban on selling aircraft and spare parts to Iranian airlines. Plus a whole other series of bans. But apparently Tehran he found a way to trick them. Iran – according to an investigation by the Financial Times would have used two European banks prominent – the British Lloyds and Spanish Santander through its London branch – to circumvent US sanctions. The Ft found evidence of the opening of current accounts at the two institutes in the name of two alleged screen companies which in fact would be controlled by an Iranian petrochemical company (in turn controlled by Tehran authorities).
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Company sanctioned by Washington since 2018 as it was accused of having raised millions of dollars in funds for the Guardians of the Revolution: the so-called pasdaran, pillar of power within the Islamic Republic. The newspaper mentions a series of leaked documents, which he writes that he has seen. Documents of which the leaders of the two banks do not deny the authenticity, limiting itself to denying that it had deliberately violated the sanctions. “Based on our internal investigation, we have not committed any infringement“, said a spokeswoman for Santander UK, ensuring that the bank “complies with sanctions” and has “policies and procedures” in place to “proactively interact with US and UK authorities” on these dossier.
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