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The US Treasury on Monday appear sanctions adjoin Iran s Bank Tejarat, claiming all of the Islamic Republic s above state-owned banks accept now been subjected to castigating measures.



Just hours afterwards the European Union slapped an embargo on Iranian oil, the Treasury Department appear measures to abutting a banking asphyxiate about the administration -- which is accused of architecture nuclear weapons.



The sanctions are accepted to accomplish it added difficult for Iran to do business with the blow of the apple and to get acquirement from its all-inclusive Iran and gas exports.



"At a time back banks about the apple are acid off Iran and its bill is depreciating rapidly, today s activity adjoin Bank Tejarat strikes at one of Iran s few actual admission credibility to the all-embracing banking system," said chief Treasury official David Cohen.



Bank Tejarat, Iran s third largest, is accused of acceptable Iranian weapons of accumulation abolition programs, including affective tens of millions of dollars to advice a state-run bureau admission uranium.



Bank Tejarat is said to accept about 2,000 branches in Iran and adopted offices in France and Tajikistan.



"Today s sanction adjoin Bank Tejarat will deepen Iran s banking isolation, accomplish its admission to adamantine bill alike added tenuous, and added blemish Iran s adeptness to accounts its adulterous nuclear program," said Cohen.



The measures are allotment of a concerted accomplishment to put burden on the Iranian regime, and banishment Tehran to carelessness its weapons programs.