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US sanctions Iran's auto and rail sectors amid Yemen escalation

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Warplanes carried out 20 strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen's Taiz province in a three-hour period, the most serious clash since 2022.

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  1. Quartz

    Treasury is sanctioning Iran's auto and rail industries as part of Operation Economic Outcast (opens Quartz)

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    The designations target Iran's two largest domestic automakers, three rail companies, and foreign suppliers in Indonesia, the UAE, Turkey, and Hong Kong

  2. Al-Monitor

    US sanctions target Iran's auto, rail sectors after blockade chokes shipping lanes (opens Al-Monitor)

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    By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON, Oct 1 (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Thursday imposed fresh sanctions on Iran, targeting its rail and automotive conglomerates and international suppliers to the sectors, the Treasury Department said, in the latest US push to isolate Tehran economically.

  3. Al-Monitor

    US sanctions target Iran's auto, rail sectors as blockade chokes ship lanes (opens Al-Monitor)

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    By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON, Oct 1 (Reuters) - The Trump administration imposed sanctions on Iran's rail and auto sectors and their foreign suppliers, the Treasury Department said on Thursday, widening its wartime economic campaign to isolate Tehran.

  4. The Hill

    Treasury targets Iranian auto, rail sectors in latest round of sanctions (opens The Hill)

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    The Treasury Department sanctioned Iranian auto and rail industries on Thursday, the latest salvo in its economic campaign against the Islamic Republic. The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned the entirety of those industries — going after automobile, train and manufacturin…

  5. Washington Examiner

    Treasury Department sanctions Iran’s automotive and rail sectors, areas Tehran has increasingly relied on due to blockade (opens Washington Examiner)

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    The Treasury Department announced on Thursday afternoon new sanctions levied against Iran’s leading automotive and railway companies in response to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ use of both to evade the U.S. naval blockade.

  6. News Nation Now

    US sanctions Iran's auto and rail sectors amid Yemen escalation (opens News Nation Now)

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    Warplanes carried out 20 strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen's Taiz province in a three-hour period, the most serious clash since 2022.

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