While it is ordinary Iranians inside of Iran that bear the brunt of U.S. sanctions especially as they struggle through the Covid-19 pandemic our government’s sanctions policy has consequences at home for Americans as well. The Iranian-American community has endured endless discriminatory policies, such as the Muslim ban that barred our families from visiting and outrageous detentions at the border. For these, and many other reasons, Iranian Americans joined their fellow Americans to vote and participate in our democracy with unprecedented force in the 2020 U.S. Presidential election, helping to usher in a new administration and renewed hope for an American identity that includes our community as equal to all others.
Biden Likely to Fine-tune US Global Sanctions Regime, Analysts Say
Voice of America
06 May 2021, 08:35 GMT+10
President Joe Biden s efforts to rescue and ultimately reshape the U.S. economy may be getting most of the attention, but his administration has also been busy on the international front, in large part by expanding and adjusting the vast net of sanctions that the U.S. imposes on countries and individuals around the world.
In his first weeks in office, Biden imposed new sanctions on individuals in Russia over interference in U.S. elections; on generals in Myanmar for their overthrowing a democratically elected government; on Saudi Arabian nationals involved in the killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi; on Chinese officials for undermining Hong Kong s democracy movement and human rights abuses against the country s Uyghur minority; and against an Israeli businessman accused of corruption.
How Biden Aims to Better Align US Sanction Policies
Voice of America
06 May 2021, 22:35 GMT+10
President Joe Biden s efforts to rescue and ultimately reshape the U.S. economy may be getting most of the attention, but his administration has also been busy on the international front, in large part by expanding and adjusting the vast net of sanctions that the U.S. imposes on countries and individuals around the world.
In his first weeks in office, Biden imposed new sanctions on individuals in Russia over interference in U.S. elections; on generals in Myanmar for their overthrowing a democratically elected government; on Saudi Arabian nationals involved in the killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi; on Chinese officials for undermining Hong Kong s democracy movement and human rights abuses against the country s Uyghur minority; and against an Israeli businessman accused of corruption.
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A Dallas-based global payments company settled potential civil liability with OFAC
for alleged violations of multiple sanctions regulations.
According to OFAC, in connection with services the company
provided to the DOJ s Federal Bureau of Prisons, the
company:
failed to screen customers against the List of Specially
Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons ( SDN
List );
processed transactions for blocked individuals as a result of
human error and screening, technology and fuzzy logic
failures ; and
inappropriately determined that commercial transactions related
to Syria qualified as noncommercial, personal remittances.
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