Rubio, Kirk Say Iran Shouldn’t Access U.S. Financial System
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Jacob Lew (United States Department of the Treasury)
Marco Rubio (United States Senate)
Mark Kirk (United States Senate)
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(Bloomberg) -- White House shouldn’t let Iran use U.S. financial system because the country is known for money laundering, Sens. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Mark Kirk, R-Ill., say in a letter.
Alert: HALISTER1- Letter to Treasury Secretary Jack Lew asks that U.S. not allow “u-turn transactions,” in which a U.S. financial institution processes a transaction by Iran on behalf of a foreign financial institution
- Senators also ask that Iran not gain access to dollar transactions outside of U.S.
- Senators say they “believe the United States should instead increase pressure on the Iranian regime in order to hold it fully accountable for its threatening and destabilizing activities outside of the nuclear realm”
- NOTE: Iran tested ballistic missiles, including one that had anti-Israel messages written on it, multiple times this month
- Related: U.S., Allies Say Iran Tests Defied UN Resolution: Reuters
Source: BFW (Bloomberg First Word)
People
Jacob Lew (United States Department of the Treasury)
Marco Rubio (United States Senate)
Mark Kirk (United States Senate)
Topics
First Word DC - Foreign Policy
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