The US Treasury has imposed sanctions on 18 Iranian banks; To isolate Iran from the global banking system, under US pressure on Tehran weeks before the US elections.

According to Arabiyanet, the ministry's website reported that the US Treasury considers the financial sector of the Iranian economy to be subject to Executive Order 13902.

The site stated that the US Treasury will issue a general license to allow certain operations related to Iranian financial institutions prohibited under Executive Order 13902.

He clarified that the prohibitions of EO 13902 do not apply to commodity operations .. agricultural, food and medicine, or medical devices.

US Treasury Secretary Stephen Mnuchin said in a statement: Our sanctions will continue until Iran stops supporting terrorist activities and ends its nuclear programs.

and stressed that today's measures will continue to allow humanitarian operations to support the Iranian people

cute: starving people

For his part, the Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, accused the United States of targeting Iran's remaining channels to pay for food and medicine in light of a pandemic, through The new sanctions.

and Zarif tweeted, Thursday, on Twitter: In light of the Covid-19 pandemic, the American system wants to blow up our remaining channels to pay for food and medicine, but conspiracy to starve The people of a crime against humanity.

And earlier the sanctions were announced, a source from the Republican Party in the US Congress said that the United States is preparing to impose new sanctions on the Iranian financial sector, Thursday, as Washington intensifies Its pressure on Tehran weeks before the US presidential elections.

The move, which effectively separates Iran from the global financial system, comes weeks after Washington announced the re-imposition of international sanctions on Iran. The Washington Post was the first to talk about the American plan.

The US decision to impose new sanctions on Iran's financial sector is a challenge to the European allies who have warned against this step.

US officials said that the measures are targeting the few remaining banks that are not currently subject to sanctions ...