The United States Department of the Treasury announced that the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has added digital assets, technology, gold, aviation and shipping to the list of sanction‑able Iranian economic sectors. It may impose sanctions on any individual or entity found operating in these sectors, regardless of their location. Meanwhile, OFAC sanctioned nearly 60 Iran‑related entities, individuals and vessels. According to the Treasury Department, Ukrainian‑born shipping broker Ivan Obukhov has processed more than $100 million in crypto‑currency payments since 2023 to facilitate oil sales on behalf of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps‑Quds Force