Announcement comes days after an additional cyberattack by Tehran against Tirana, which led Albania to break diplomatic ties with Iran

Treasury Department blacklists four companies to hold accountable Iran 'and those supporting Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine'

Countries under stringent military sanctions have boosted defense cooperation in recent months

Critics say Iran can't be trusted with billions in sanctions relief while still pushing to kill ex-US officials to avenge killing of Qassam Suleimani, or backing Rushdie attack

Iran's ultraconservative president has been under sanctions by Washington since 2019 for 'complicity in serious human rights violations'; Raisi has denied the allegations

Iran remains hit by biting sanctions that keep it isolated from global financial systems; rising prices have driven protests in several Iranian cities in recent months

Biden has sought to restore the pact abandoned by Trump, while refusing to lift sanctions on the Islamic Republic

Among those targeted are Iran-based Jam Petrochemical Co., which has exported hundreds of millions of dollars worth of products to countries throughout Asia, including China

Kambiz Attar Kashani acted on orders from Central Bank of Iran, used two United Arab Emirates companies to evade sanctions; faces up to 20 years in prison

Unsourced report says Jerusalem could agree to conditional easing of sanctions; 3 tankers said already on their way, having previously carried weapons from Iran to Syria, Hezbollah