( September 17, 2026, 21:00 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned BitBank, a digital assets venture controlled by Iranian financier Babak Zanjani, as part of Operation Economic Outcast, the Trump administration’s economic campaign against Iran and its enablers. OFAC also designated BitBank’s developer, Pishtaz Simorgh Electronic Trade Co., and three associates of Zanjani.Statement follows below:...
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