The US Treasury has located and frozen approximately $130 million in cryptocurrency wallets linked to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and is now working to identify and seize assets belonging to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei worldwide, according to reports.
The US Treasury has located and frozen approximately $130 million in cryptocurrency wallets linked to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and is now working to identify and seize assets belonging to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei worldwide, according to reports.
As The Zioneer reported earlier today, the Treasury had already announced the freezing of $130 million in IRGC-linked crypto wallets. The new development marks an expansion of the operation to target Khamenei's personal assets, which the US suspects are held across multiple jurisdictions.
The exact scope of Khamenei's assets remains unclear, and the Treasury's efforts to locate them are ongoing. The action is part of a broader US economic pressure campaign against Iran's leadership.
2 developments
- StrongUS Treasury Secretary announced freeze of over $130M in crypto assets tied to Iran's central bank
- StrongIsrael sanctions 37 IRGC-linked crypto wallets containing $7 million
- StrongUS sanctions Ali Ansari, Mojtaba Khamenei's Dubai-based asset manager, in new Iran round
- DevelopingKhamenei adviser: Trump agreed to release $24B in frozen Iranian assets but won't say so publicly
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