UK sanctions Iranian banker for supporting Iran’s Guards

Britain sanctioned Iranian banker and businessman Aliakbar Ansari, citing his role in financially supporting the activities of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as the reason for its action.

“Its (the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’) use of repression and targeted threats to carry out hostile acts, including here in the UK, is completely unacceptable,” Britain’s Middle East minister Hamish Falconer said in a statement.

You can read official announcement here.

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