美國對盟國與伊朗做生意提出警告
U.S. allies and partners will face "very significant risks" if they continue to do business with Iran, including the possibility of getting hit with sanctions from Washington.
The U.S. Treasury Department warned Tuesday that Iran's use of shell companies and illicit financing to fund malign activities continued unabated, even after it signed the landmark 2015 nuclear deal. U.S. officials said they expect Tehran to ramp up such activities.
"The Iranian regime will deceive your companies, undermine the integrity of your financial systems, and put your institutions at risk of our powerful sanctions, all to fund terrorism, human rights abuses, and terrorist groups like Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Houthis," said Sigal Mandelker, Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence.
President Donald Trump last month announced the U.S. was withdrawing from the 2015 nuclear agreement between world powers and Iran, calling it "a horrible, one-sided deal that should have never, ever been made."
He also ordered U.S. agencies to reinstitute all nuclear sanctions against Tehran.
But European countries have been hesitant to toss aside the deal, provided the Iranian government sticks to its provisions.
Mandelker encouraged U.S. allies to harden their financial systems and encourage their companies to do extra work to make sure they are not inadvertently helping pay for what she called Iran's nefarious activities across the Middle East.
Mandelker also warned the U.S. "will apply uNPRecedented financial pressure" against the Iranian government.美國的盟國和夥伴國如果繼續與伊朗做生意會面臨“重大風險”，包括可能受到華盛頓的制裁。
美國財政部星期二警告說，伊朗繼續利用空殼公司和非法融資來支持其破壞活動，即便在它2015年簽署了伊核協議之後也絲毫沒有減少。美國官員說，預計伊朗這樣的活動還將增加。
美國財政部負責反恐和金融情報的副部長曼德爾克說：“伊朗政權將欺騙你們的公司，破壞你們金融系統的穩定，並讓你們的公司和機制面臨遭受我們嚴厲制裁的風險，而伊朗政權則將用獲得的資金支持恐怖主義、侵犯人權和支持真主黨、哈馬斯和胡塞武裝等恐怖組織。”
川普總統上個月宣佈美國退出世界六大國和伊朗2015年簽署的協議，稱之爲“糟糕透頂、只對單方有利而本不應該簽署的協議”。
川普總統還下令恢復針對伊朗核活動的所有制裁。
但是歐洲國家認爲，只要伊朗遵守這項協議，他們就不願意放棄。
曼德爾克呼籲美國的盟國強化他們的金融體系並鼓勵本國公司格外小心，確保不要無意間資助了她所稱的伊朗在中東的邪惡活動。
曼德爾克還警告說，美國將在金融方面對伊朗政府施加前所未有的壓力。
