US slaps sanctions on key Iranian banks
10 October 2020 |
11:07 am
The US has blacklisted key Iranian banks in a sweeping clampdown on country's financial sector. Iran's top diplomat Javad Zarif accused Washington of trying to "blow up our remaining channels to pay for food & medicine."
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