US tightens sanctions on Iran, Cuba

The US Treasury Department announced on Friday (August 13th) that it would impose sanctions on Omani state Mahmoud Rashid Amur Hapshi and his company for cooperating in supporting the Quds Brigade of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards. An international oil trade organization has also been implicated in the activities of organizations that weaken the region. The Treasury Department also announced sanctions against our Cuban government. The US Treasury Department has always said that "we will continue to persecute those who disrupt the peace" (Jinshi).