The US Department of Finance announced Friday the imposition of sanctions on the expense of more than 30 natural persons and companies accused of helping Iran to bypass sanctions and rinse billions of dollars from sale oil and petrochemical products in order to fund its nuclear and missile program.

The defendants operated as ‘Shadowing banking system’which included in Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates, The announcement by the US Ministry of Finance said. He points out that the aim was to bypass existing sanctions, to conceal the origin of the revenue and to channel money into military programs.

The new sanctions they freeze any assets of the accused entities in the US while prohibit to American citizens to deal with them. They make it difficult In addition, the ability of sanctions subjects to operate internationally, especially since transactions are US.

Washington and Tehran are negotiating about the future of Iran’s nuclear program. US President Donald Trump has repeatedly stated that his goal is not to allow Iran to obtain nuclear weaponsleaving even the possibility of taking military action. For his part, Iran defends his sovereign right to It has a nuclear program For non -military purposes, Especially for energy production.