US Deputy Treasury Secretary’s visit to the region on the topic of Iran and Russia – Mehr News Agency | Iran and world’s news

According to the Mehr News Agency, quoted by the Deutsche Welle TV channel website, the Deputy Secretary of the Treasury of the United States will travel to West Asia in the coming days to inform the government officials and commercial companies of several countries about the termination of business transactions with entities sanctioned by the United States against Iran. And Russia to warn!
According to this media, US Deputy Treasury Secretary Brian Eddy Nelson will travel to West Asia from tomorrow, January 29th to February 3rd (9th to 14th February). During this trip, he talked about what this organization claims as “terrorism and financial crimes”; It will warn countries and companies that they may lose access to the Washington market if they do business with entities subject to US sanctions.
The American excuse for this action is Russia’s efforts to circumvent the sanctions imposed on Moscow due to the conflicts in Ukraine.
“Brian Eddy Nelson” will visit Oman, United Arab Emirates and Turkey during this trip.
According to the Deutsche Welle TV website, a spokesman for the US Treasury Department told Reuters news agency in this regard: He will meet with government officials as well as commercial and financial institutions during this trip and emphasize the continued tightening of US sanctions.
The spokesperson of the US Treasury Department also said in this regard: Individuals and institutions that operate in authorized jurisdictions, due to doing business with sanctioned entities or not conducting the necessary investigations, potentially lose access to the US markets. they give.
During this visit, the Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Department of the United States talked about the efforts of the Treasury Department to deal with Russia’s evasion of the sanctions and export controls imposed on the pretext of the conflicts in Ukraine, the baseless and undocumented pretext of Iran’s destabilizing activities in the region. Illegal financial risks undermining economic growth and foreign investment will be discussed.
Also, this trip is the last trip by a senior US Treasury official to Turkey to discuss sanctions, after a series of warnings last year from Treasury and Commerce Department officials to Ankara to ensure US restrictions against It will be Russia.
The Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Department of the United States is visiting Turkey while these two NATO member countries have recently disagreed with each other on many issues.
Turkey has recently opposed the membership of Sweden and Finland in NATO. Ankara has been upset that its request to buy F-16 fighter jets from the US has become increasingly linked to the country’s agreement for Sweden and Finland to join NATO.
Nelson will visit Ankara, the capital of Turkey and the financial center of Istanbul, on February 2nd and 3rd (Thursday and Friday, 13th and 14th of February).