WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following news release:
Today, as part of Operation Economic Outcast, the U.S. Department of the Treasury disrupted Iran's efforts to infiltrate the international financial system through an Iraqi bank that also supports Iran's terrorist proxy militia groups. By dismantling these institutions-including offshore banks and shadow financiers that have moved hundreds of millions of dollars through shell companies and foreign-exchange specialists across the Middle East and Asia-Treasury is severing critical revenue streams that sustain Iran's military and proxy forces.
"The noose is tightening around Iran's economy, and not even Iran's so-called allies can save it," said Sec...