(Aug. 7, 2026 / JNS)

The U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctioned two cryptocurrency exchanges, Shelbit Exchange and Aban Tether, and Siavash Kayvanpour, an Iran-born businessman, whom the department accused of operating a multinational network of companies involved in illicit cryptocurrency transactions.

The department said on Friday that it was “moving against digital asset exchanges that the Iranian regime relies on to launder billions of dollars, maintain covert access to international financial systems and support the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, among other terrorist groups.”

The alleged criminals…