The Trump administration is weighing sanctions against Iran's Special Trade and Finance Institute, the financial body set up as a go-between for humanitarian trade with Europe, according to Bloomberg.
A senior administration official who asked not to be identified, discussing internal deliberations, said the STFI is essentially an extension of Iran’s central bank, which already is covered by U.S. sanctions and, according to the administration, hasn’t implemented minimum global safeguards against money laundering and terrorism financing. It would be the latest effort meant to force the Islamic Republic back to the negotiating table to discuss a deal stronger than the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the 2015 agreement that limited Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief.