U.S. Sanctions Iranian Financier, Exchange Houses over Attacks in Strait of Hormuz
Treasury said the network moved billions of dollars through exchange houses and front companies to benefit Iranian elites and sanctioned banks.
- On Friday, the United States imposed sanctions on Dubai-based Iranian "financier" Ali Ansari, following Tehran's resumption of attacks on international shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
- Treasury Department investigations revealed Ansari, former owner of Tehran-based Ayandeh Bank, used ties to senior officials to divert public funds into real estate for Mojtaba Khamenei and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
- Designations target Ansari's Saint Kitts and Nevis-based holding company, three Iranian exchange houses, and two front companies in Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates to block U.S. financial access.
- Khandan Exchange alone holds more than $117 million in foreign currency for sanctioned banks, while Lavasani Exchange held hundreds of millions of dollars as of early 2026, Treasury data shows.
- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated the "Supreme Leader is hiding in seclusion while his regime crumbles," vowing the department will continue using every tool to isolate regime elites from the global financial system.
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U.S. sanctions Iranian financier, exchange houses over attacks in Strait of Hormuz
The United States has imposed sanctions on Iranian financier Ali Ansari and several currency exchange houses accused of moving billions of dollars for sanctioned banks, following Iran’s resumption of attacks on international shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, the Treasury Department announced Friday. The sanctions targets Ansari, his Saint Kitts and Nevis-based holding company, three Iranian exchange houses, seven of their executives and two fron…
US Treasury Sanctions Financier Linked to Iran’s Supreme Leader, Shadow Currency Networks
The Treasury Department on Thursday designated a key financier for Iranian leader Mojtaba Khamenei and several Iranian shadow exchange houses along with their operators and front companies. The Office of Foreign Assets Control imposed the measures under executive orders targeting Iran’s financial sector and the Supreme Leader’s network. The designations block all property and interests in property of the named parties that are in the United Stat…
US Treasury sanctions Iranian Supreme Leader’s money man
The United States Treasury Department on Friday announced sanctions against the personal banker of Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, targeting his network of assets abroad that benefit the country’s most senior leadership. The banker, Ali Ansari, is an Iranian national who lives abroad in Dubai, where he has used his ties to the Iranian...
US sanctions key Iranian financier after Tehran resumes attacks in Strait of Hormuz - The Tribune
The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on Dubai-based Iranian 'financier' Ali Ansari, following Tehran's resumption of attacks on international shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
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