Afghanistan, July 15 -- The United States has imposed sanctions on several cryptocurrency wallets linked to Iran's central bank, blocking more than $130 million in digital assets as Washington expands financial pressure on Tehran amid escalating military tensions between the two countries.
The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced on Tuesday, July 14, that it had designated multiple digital wallets associated with the Central Bank of Iran, freezing more than $130 million in assets. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the sanctions are intended to disrupt what Washington describes as Iran's illicit financial networks and its use of digital assets to evade international sanctions.
"The Treasury Depar...