Washington DC/IBNS, Nov. 5 -- The United States has imposed fresh sanctions on companies and individuals based in India and Turkey for allegedly helping Iran evade oil-related restrictions, in a further move by the Trump administration a day after President Donald Trump's Republican Party suffered setbacks in the midterm polls, media reports said.

India-based businessman Suniel Kumar Sharma, his wife Jaspreet Preeti Shahid and two other individuals heading businesses linked to the couple are among those targeted by the sanctions.

Nine entities associated with Sharma have also been sanctioned for allegedly facilitating Iran's evasion of US oil restrictions.

The Treasury Department has alleged that the couple supported Iran's shadow flee...