TEHRAN: Iran on Thursday introduced sanctions on a number of people and entities within the United States and United Kingdom for supporting Israel in its warfare in opposition to the Palestinian militant group Hamas.
The Islamic Republic, Israel’s largest regional enemy, introduced the punitive measures in a Foreign Ministry assertion.
Seven Americans have been sanctioned, together with Adm. Brian P. Fenton, commander of U.S. Special Operations Command, and Vice Admiral Brad Cooper, former commander of the U.S. Navy’s fifth Fleet, the newspaper stated. .
British officers and entities focused embrace Defense Secretary Grant Shapps, British Army Strategic Commander James Hockenhull and the Royal Navy within the Red Sea.
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Fines have been additionally introduced for US corporations Lockheed Martin and Chevron, and British friends Elbit Systems, Parker Meggitt and Rafael UK.
The ministry stated the sanctions embrace “blocking accounts and transactions in Iran’s monetary and banking system, blocking belongings throughout the jurisdiction of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and banning visa issuance and entry into Iranian territory.”
The affect of those measures on people and entities, in addition to their belongings and transactions with Iran, stays unclear.
The warfare in Gaza erupted after an Oct. 7 assault on Israel by Palestinian militants that killed 1,170 individuals, largely civilians, based on an AFP tally based mostly on official Israeli statistics.
Iran helps Hamas however denies direct involvement within the assault.
Israeli retaliatory assaults in opposition to Hamas have up to now killed no less than 34,568 individuals within the Gaza Strip, nearly all of them girls and youngsters, based on the Hamas-run area’s well being ministry.