India, Jan. 16 -- The U.S. government has imposed sanctions against the architects of the Iranian regime's brutal crackdown on peaceful demonstrators.
The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control is also taking action against the shadow banking networks that allow Iran's elite to steal and launder revenue generated by the country's petroleum and petrochemical sales.
Among the Iranian security officials sanctioned Thursday is Ali Larijani, the Secretary of the Supreme Council for National Security. Larijani was one of the first Iranian leaders to call for violence in response to the legitimate demands of the Iranian people, according to the U.S. Treasury.
OFAC is also designating 18 individuals and entities who play c...