The United States imposed sanctions against a business network that blended Iranian oil with Iraqi oil to shield it from restrictions. The sanctions are directed at a network of companies run by Iraqi businessman Salim Ahmed Saeed,

The United States imposed sanctions on Thursday against a business network that smuggles Iranian oil disguised as Iraqi oil, as well as sanctions targeting a Hezbollah-controlled financial institution,

The sanctions block all property in the United States that are owned by the people on the list, and all interests in the properties of those listed must be reported to the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control.