Article: “Economic Fury Targets Iraqi Oil Official, Iran-Backed Terrorist Militias in Iraq” Quote: “Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) increased economic pressure on Iran and its proxy militias in Iraq by designating…Iraq’s Deputy Minister of Oil, who abuses his position to facilitate the diversion of oil to be sold for the benefit of the Iranian regime and its proxy militias in Iraq…The Iranian regime is pillaging resources that rightfully belong to the Iraqi people, said Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent. Treasury will not stand idly by as Iran’s military exploits Iraqi oil to fund terrorism against the United States and our partners.” :Clare
