This Friday, the United States imposed sanctions on two shipping companies, one based in Hong Kong and the other in the United Arab Emirates, for their financial support of Houthi rebels responsible for attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea.
Cielo Maritime and Global Tech Marine Services transport “Iranian goods” on behalf of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and “revenues from the sale of raw materials support the Houthis and their attacks on international shipping in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf.” Aden,” the United States Treasury Department said in a statement.
Four vessels owned or operated by these companies are also subject to US sanctions.
“The United States continues to take action against illicit Iranian financial networks that finance the Houthis and facilitate their attacks,” Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Brian Nelson was quoted as saying in the statement.
“Together with our allies and partners, we will take all possible measures to end the destabilizing activities of the Houthis and their threats to global trade,” he added.
With these sanctions, Washington is again targeting the network of Saeed al-Jamal, the Houthi financial intermediary who has been subject to US sanctions since June 2021.
According to Washington, the network is involved in “a variety of commercial activities related to the sale of Iranian products to generate income for the Houthis and the Kids Force,” the foreign operations arm of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
The United States and Britain bombed Iranian-backed Shiite Houthi positions in Yemen on Thursday night after weeks of attacks by the rebels on shipping in the Red Sea in a show of solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, where war continues between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas.
Five people were killed in Thursday’s attacks.
In early December, the United States had already imposed economic sanctions on 13 individuals and entities accused of transferring tens of millions of dollars in foreign currency from the sale of Iranian products to Houthi rebels in Yemen and belonging to Saeed al-Jamal’s network. .
These economic sanctions involve freezing the assets of these companies and the businesses they own in the United States, in whole or in part, and prohibiting them from transacting in or out of the country.
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Source: CM Jornal
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