“1000 Missiles are Locked and Loaded and aimed at the Islamic Republic of Iran, with thousands more ready to follow immediately if the Iranian Government acts on its threats, voiced in various parts of the Globe, to assassinate, or attempt to assassinate, the current President of the United States, which is ME!,” he declared in a post on Truth Social.
“Orders have already been issued, and the US Military is prepared, willing, and capable, for one year, subject to renewal, to completely obliterate and annihilate all areas of Iran.”
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The US implemented new sanctions related to Iran on Friday, targeting a key financier for Iran’s new Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, along with 13 other individuals and entities, following Tehran’s renewed assaults on oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, as stated by the Treasury Department.
The sanctions specifically targeted Ali Ansari, an Iranian banker and businessman located in Dubai, who had previously faced sanctions from Britain for his involvement in financially supporting the activities of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and other entities, according to the Treasury.
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) July 11, 2026
The Treasury noted that Ansari had misappropriated publicly funded resources into a vast overseas portfolio of real estate and commercial assets to enrich himself, government elites, and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) also targeted three exchange houses based in Iran and foreign “front companies” that allegedly moved billions of dollars annually on behalf of sanctioned Iranian banks, utilizing layers of shell companies to mask the government’s illicit operations.
First Published: Jul 11, 2026 9:15 AM IST
