Sanctions

US imposes new sanctions on Iran, IRGC-linked entities following attacks in Strait of Hormuz

The sanctions require any US-based involvement in the sanctioned companies to be reported to the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). 

Signage is seen at the United States Department of the Treasury headquarters in Washington, DC, US, August 29, 2020.
PROTESTERS CALL on the Irish government to impose sanctions on Israel, in Dublin, last month. Over the years, Ireland has taken a more anti-Israel position than most European or Western nations, states the writer.

Ireland's parliament passes bill banning imports from Israeli settlements

Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to the national anhem during an awards ceremony at the Kremlin, on March 19, 2026 in Moscow, Russia. Vladimir Putin receives national paralympic team who participaned in Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Paralympic Games.

Russia reintegrating into Olympics as International Olympic Committee lifts suspension

An illustrative image of Iran and Hezbollah's flags.

Israel sanctions IRGC-linked crypto accounts funneling millions to Hezbollah, other proxies


The most dangerous component of Iran’s arsenal - opinion

A threat invisible to radar and affording insufficient early warning time requires a different strategy.

Members of special IRGC forces attend a rally marking the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan in Tehran, Iran April 29, 2022.

US CENTCOM kills senior ISIS leader Ali Husayn al-'Ulaywi in northwest Syria airstrike

Meanwhile, the US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated three individuals and six entities for "facilitating financial transactions on behalf of ISIS."

 Illustration of ISIS terrorists.

'Only Iran will control its unfrozen assets,' Iranian envoy says

Iran is the only country to control its own assets when unfrozen, and any claim of influence by another is flatly rejected, Ali Bahreini, Iran's ambassador to the UN in Geneva, said on Tuesday

 SWITZERLAND-US-IRAN-DIPLOMACY-WAR Iran's Minister of Foreign Affairs Seyyed Abbas Araghchi (L) and Swiss Federal Council, Ignazio Cassis take part in bilateral discussions at the Burgenstock resort in Obbuergen, near Lucerne on June 21, 2026.

Iran disputes Trump's claim it will buy food exclusively from US with unfrozen funds

Trump also addressed Prime Minister Netanyahu's statement regarding the IDF remaining in Lebanon. "I'm a problem solver. I get problems solved real fast, including with Bibi," Trump said. 

US President Donald Trump gestures on the day he signs an executive order regarding Quantum Computing, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, US, June 22, 2026.

US, Qatar plan to unfreeze billions in Iranian funds for purchase of humanitarian goods - report

The deal would allow Iran to begin by accessing $6 billion currently held in Qatar, specifically for purchases of food, medicine, and other humanitarian goods.

US President Donald Trump attends a bilateral meeting with the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, on the sidelines of the G7 summit, in Evian-les-Bains, France, June 16, 2026.

Iranian Guards' business empire to win big if US sanctions lifted

Four senior Iranian sources described how the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was uniquely positioned to capture a large share of any financial rewards that would accrue from sanctions relief.

An illustration of enforcing sanctions on Iran.

Cuban lawmakers approve sweeping reforms to socialist model amid US pressure

A list of upwards of 175 measures received a unanimous rubber-stamp vote in the National Assembly.

A man casts his shadow on a vintage taxi before the Cuban government presents far-reaching economic measures that could mark the most significant shift toward a market economy since the 1959 revolution, in Havana, Cuba June 17, 2026.

US issues new sanctions against Lebanese officials, companies aligned with Hezbollah

They were sanctioned under the authority of Executive Order 13224, which allows the White House to target groups and individuals associated with designated terrorist groups.

People hold Hezbollah flags while commemorating Israel’s withdrawal from southern Lebanon in 2000, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, May 25, 2026.

Europe does not view Israel as an apartheid state, EU ambassador tells ‘Post’ - interview

EU Ambassador to Israel Michael Mann admits Jerusalem ties are strained, but stresses it "would be completely misleading to imagine that we make harsher comments about Israel than other countries."

The 'Post's' Amichai Stein with EU Ambassador to Israel Michael Mann on June 18, 2026.

Iran deal reportedly includes $300 billion investment fund, majority already committed

The new fund is a private investment vehicle, not a reconstruction or reparations program and will not include any government money or grants, the source said.

An oil tanker docked at the Port of Fujairah, as the US-Israel conflict with Iran limits marine traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, May 6, 2026.