Iraq's Central Bank has immediately blocked all accounts related to Albilad Bank, ran by Aras Habib (TR), now known to have been in cooperation with Iran's Central Bank chief Valiollah Seif (CR) & IRGC Quds Force chief Qassem Suleimani (BR).

https://twitter.com/HeshmatAlavi/status/997145409599524864

US sanctions on two individuals & five entities linked to Iran-offspring Lebanon's Hezbollah, the Treasury Department said on its website. The individuals are Mohammad Bazzi and Abdallah Safi-al-din

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Something for #Iran's regime to think about: French President Emmanuel Macron ruled out any trade war with U.S. over its #IranDealWithdrawal as a wave of European companies quit business with Tehran, fearing the global reach of Washington's sanctions. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-europe/macron-rules-out-trade-war-over-iran-deal-as-firms-head-for-exit-idUSKCN1II2H2 …

(1) Mehdi Miremadi, head of #Iran & France Chamber of Commerce: "If Total, Peugeot & Airbus see their interests threatened, they will not remain in Iran." https://shabtabnews.com/2018/05/18/%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B9-%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%8C-%D9%BE%DA%98%D9%88-%D9%88-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3-%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%AF-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7/ … #IranDealWithdrawal is sinking in for Tehran & those who claimed Europe will stand by this regime.

https://twitter.com/HeshmatAlavi/status/997431699536535552

(2) Here's a read I wrote some time ago forecasting these developments.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/heshmatalavi/2017/11/10/how-iran-is-losing-europe-sanctions/#3b7a83016450