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The Trump administration accuses the Nobitex platform of helping to evade sanctions and funding activities linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
The administration of US President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday the imposition of sanctions on Nobitex, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in Iran, as part of a pressure campaign against Tehran.
The sanctions were imposed at a time when diplomatic efforts between the US and Iran have yet to reach an agreement to end the conflict between the two countries.
In addition to Nobitex, the US measures also target the company's CEO, its three co-founders, as well as three other Iranian cryptocurrency trading platforms.
The US Treasury Department accused Nobitex of facilitating payments linked to activities that Washington considers terrorist, evading international sanctions and transactions linked to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
According to the Treasury Department, the platform has also helped the Central Bank of Iran gain access to hundreds of millions of dollars in stablecoins, used to support the Iranian national currency, the rial, which has lost significantly in value.
US authorities allege that after the start of US military operations against Iran, Nobitex played a role in transferring and protecting the Iranian regime's financial assets, despite internet outages in the country.
Meanwhile, last year, pro-Israeli hackers stole around $90 million worth of cryptocurrencies from Nobitex, according to several independent companies that monitor transactions in the cryptoasset market.
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