Penalties have been additionally introduced for US corporations Lockheed Martin and Chevron (Agency)
Tehran, Iran:
Iran on Thursday introduced sanctions on a number of people and entities within the United States and United Kingdom for supporting Israel in its conflict towards the Palestinian group Hamas.
The Islamic Republic, Israel’s greatest 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.
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 conflict in Gaza erupted after an Oct. 7 assault on Israel by Palestinian Hamas operatives that killed 1,170 individuals, principally civilians, in keeping with an AFP tally primarily based on official Israeli statistics.
Iran helps Hamas however denies direct involvement within the assault.
Israeli retaliatory assaults towards Hamas have to date killed no less than 34,568 individuals within the Gaza Strip, the vast majority of them ladies and kids, in keeping with the Hamas-run area’s well being ministry.
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