LATimes: U.S. ‘actively’ considering blacklisting Iran’s central bank
REPORTING FROM WASHINGTON — The Obama administration said Thursday that it was actively considering sanctioning Iran’s central bank in retaliation for an alleged Iranian bombing plot, a move that could severely damage Iran’s economy and potentially provoke a strong response from Tehran.
David Cohen, the Treasury undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, told the Senate Banking Committee that officials were “looking very actively” at such a step and might carry it out if other nations could be persuaded to follow suit.
The potential blacklisting was the first specific step the administration has identified as a possible response to an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate Saudi Arabia’s envoy to the United States and to attack embassies in the U.S. and Argentina.
Iran has called the U.S. allegations a “fabrication.”
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