The U.S. Treasury Department banned an Iranian bank from doing business with U.S. entities. Bank Sepah, a state-owned bank, “is the financial linchpin of Iran’s missile-procurement network and has actively assisted Iran’s pursuit of missiles capable of carrying weapons of mass destruction,” Stuart Levey, Treasury’s undersecretary for terrorism, said in a statement Tuesday.
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