NCRI- Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr said in a statement Thursday that his government has expanded sanctions against the Iranian regime to “further increase pressure” “to comply with its nuclear non-proliferation obligations and with U.N. Security Council resolutions.”
The sanctions include financial and travel restrictions on additional individuals and entities active in the oil, gas and financial sectors or related to Iran’s WMD proliferation activities”.
According to the statement the new measures include “prohibiting:
financial transactions between Australian and Iranian banks, including the Central Bank of Iran, unless authorized in advance;
export of additional materials and the provision of services relevant to Iran’s nuclear and ballistic programs, and to industries controlled by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps;
import of natural gas from Iran and the provision of related services, and broadening restrictions on export of key equipment for the Iranian oil, gas and petrochemical industries; and
use of Australian vessels for transport or storage of Iranian petrochemical products; construction of new oil tankers for Iran and supply of key naval equipment and technology for ship building and maintenance; and flagging and classification services for Iranian tankers and cargo vessels.”
