US Sanctions Iran’s Largest Crypto Exchange, 3 Others for Terror Ties, Sanctions Evasion

The Treasury targeted Nobitex, whose cofounders are close associates of former Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei’s family.
US Sanctions Iran’s Largest Crypto Exchange, 3 Others for Terror Ties, Sanctions Evasion
The U.S. Department of the Treasury in Washington on Aug. 8, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
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The U.S. government on Tuesday sanctioned four Iranian digital asset exchanges, including the largest in the country.

Nobitex, Wallex, Bitpin, and Ramzinex were designated, along with four C-level executives at Nobitex, including Chairman and co-founder Amir Hossein Rad, current CEO Seyed Ali Khoee, and two other co-founders from the Kharrazi family, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control announced.

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Kimberly Hayek is a reporter for The Epoch Times. She covers California news and has worked as an editor and on scene at the U.S.-Mexico border during the 2018 migrant caravan crisis.