The United States has decided to impose sanctions on the famous Turkish businessman Satki Ayan, the U.S. says that Ayan is selling Iranian oil to China, Emirates and European countries.
A foreign news agency According to the report The statement issued by the United States in this regard says that Ian and his business companies are acting as Iranian facilitators.
A Turkish businessman has been accused of ‘laundering money’ for the Revolutionary Guards through oil sales.
The announcement of this American decision is said to be important after the recent Turkish bombing of the Kurdish rebels in Syria has caused tension in the relations between the United States and Turkey.
The US Treasury Department has said in its statement released on Thursday that its companies have entered into contracts for the sale of oil at the international level and these contracts have been made for the benefit of Iran.
The statement also states that, in the same way, arranging and equipping ships for the transportation of Iranian oil and later being a part of the operation to help Iran in ‘money laundering’, all this is money to the Iranian Guards regarding the Iranian Quds Force. Continued to deliver.
It has also been said that Ayan’s son Bahauddin Ayan and his associate Qasim Aztas, some other people have also been involved in this work. Therefore, they will also be brought under US sanctions. Also, around two dozen business companies including ‘ASB Group of Companies’ will also be banned.
Following the Finance Ministry’s move, the assets of these executives and companies in the US will be frozen, and dealings and doing business with them will also be banned. Their money transfer will also stop.
It should be noted that after Turkey’s attacks on the Kurds in recent weeks, the United States seemed to disagree with Turkey’s policy on Syria. Meanwhile, Turkey has also bought Russian-made defense systems.
After that, the United States warned Turkey to refrain from any military intervention in Syria, while Turkey said it was preparing ground attacks on the Kurds and would use tanks in these attacks.
The US wants to further increase the pressure on Iran through these sanctions, which are part of the US policy regarding the nuclear issues with Iran and violence against Iranian protesters.