The statement from the US Treasury Department reported that the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) made new sanctions decisions against Iran as part of the “Economic Wrath”.
In this regard, the statement noted that Nobitex and three other cryptocurrency exchanges were added to the sanctions list, noting that Nobitex processed more than 50 percent of all digital assets entering Iran last year.
The statement claimed that the company helped Iran evade sanctions, facilitated transactions related to the Revolutionary Guard Corps, and conducted transactions with wallets used by actors involved in ransomware activities.
The statement claimed that Nobitex also gave Iran's central bank access to hundreds of millions of dollars worth of stablecoins and that these were used in attempts to limit the devaluation of Iran's currency, the rial, and that the company helped move Iranian funds out of the country despite internet outages.
The statement noted that Nobitex's management team was also placed on the sanctions list.
The statement mentioned that other crypto exchanges added to the sanctions list include Wallex, Bitpin and Ramzinex, and that Wallex is Iran's second-largest digital asset exchange in terms of transaction volume.
The statement claimed that these companies also brokered many transactions related to the Revolutionary Guard Army.
In his assessment of the matter, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent claimed that Iran is using digital asset technologies as a tool for transactions such as lifting sanctions and transferring capital out of the country.
Bessent emphasized that they will continue to monitor financial movements through both the traditional banking system and digital assets to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons.
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