The United States has frozen more than $130 million in cryptocurrency assets linked to Iran as part of a new round of sanctions targeting the country's financial networks.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that the Treasury Department had sanctioned multiple cryptocurrency wallets tied to the Central Bank of Iran, resulting in the freeze of assets worth over $130 million.
In a post on X, Bessent said Washington remains committed to disrupting Iran's illicit financial activities, including what he described as the regime's use of digital assets to evade sanctions.
"We will continue to aggressively follow the money and deny the Iranian regime access to the proceeds of its illicit revenue schemes," he said.
The latest measures are part of the US government's broader effort to tighten economic pressure on Iran amid escalating tensions between the two countries.
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