U.S. Sanctions New Iranian Agency That Claims Authority Over Strait Of Hormuz

Sebastian Ujică

The sanctions target Iran’s Persian Gulf Strait Authority and any person or entity cooperating with the agency. The Trump administration on Wednesday placed additional sanctions on Iran as part of a sprawling economic pressure campaign during the war, this time targeting the country’s newly created agency that is trying to control shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. The sanctions were announced late Wednesday after U.S. forces carried out strikes on an Iran military facility after downing

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