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The SWIFT
banking network, the backbone for international monetary transfers, said Monday
it has suspended several Iranian banks from its service, after the United
States reimposed nuclear sanctions on Teheran.
“In keeping
with our mission of supporting the resilience and integrity of the global
financial system as a global and neutral service provider, SWIFT is suspending
certain Iranian banks’ access to the messaging system,” it said.
“This step,
while regrettable, has been taken in the interest of the stability and
integrity of the wider global financial system.”
SWIFT, the
Belgian-based Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication,
provides banks with a secure messenger network to allow international
transfers.
Without its
services, Iranian banks will find it more difficult to do business with any
client prepared to brave US sanctions to maintain ties with Tehran.
Some US
sanctions on Iranian banks and oil exports had been suspended after Iran signed
a landmark 2105 deal with six world powers to curtail its nuclear ambitions.
But these
came back into effect Monday after President Donald Trump pulled out of the
accord and demanded that the world again turn up the economic heat on Tehran.
US
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said waivers would be issued to allow eight
countries to buy Iranian oil, but that otherwise the measures would be
“relentless.”
This could
mean European and other banks and businesses face secondary sanctions if
Washington deems them in breach of sanctions, and US officials have been
pressing SWIFT to act.
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