Imposing Swift and Severe Costs in Response to Russia’s Violations of Ukraine’s Sovereignty PRESS STATEMENT ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 The United States unequivocally rejects Russia’s fraudulent attempt to change Ukraine’s internationally recognized borders, including by holding sham “referenda” in Ukraine’s Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhya […]
Designating Iran Petroleum and Petrochemical Sanctions Evaders PRESS STATEMENT ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 29, 2022 The United States is taking further action to disrupt efforts to evade sanctions on the sale of Iranian petroleum and petrochemical products. Specifically, the Department of State is imposing sanctions on two […]
U.S. Support of ECOWAS Sanctions on Guinea PRESS STATEMENT NED PRICE, DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON SEPTEMBER 27, 2022 The United States commends the strong actions taken by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in defense of democracy in Guinea following its Extraordinary Summit on September 20 in New York City. […]
Opening of the Trial of Former Séléka Commander for Atrocity Crimes in the Central African Republic PRESS STATEMENT ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 27, 2022 The United States welcomes the opening of trial proceedings at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the prosecution of Mahamat Said Abdel Kani, […]
The State Department: Designation of a Person in Bosnia and Herzegovina for Corruption and Undermining Democratic Institutions and Processes PRESS STATEMENT NED PRICE, DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON SEPTEMBER 26, 2022 The United States is designating Diana Kajmakovic, a state prosecutor in the Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) State Prosecutor’s Office, for being responsible […]
Updates to the Zimbabwe Sanctions List PRESS STATEMENT NED PRICE, DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON SEPTEMBER 15, 2022 As part of an ongoing review of the sanctions program to ensure it remains focused and relevant, today, the United States is delisting 11 individuals from the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List, based on a […]
From State: Targeting Russia’s Senior Officials, Defense Industrial Base, Financial Infrastructure Leaders, and Human Rights Abusers PRESS STATEMENT ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 15, 2022 The United States continues to hold the Russian government to account for its war against Ukraine. Today, we are taking actions against major […]
Sanctioning Iranians for Malicious Cyber Acts PRESS STATEMENT ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 14, 2022 The United States is sanctioning ten individuals and two entities, all affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, for their roles in conducting malicious cyber acts, including ransomware activity. These designations are part […]
From the State Department: Designating Iranian Proliferators of Shipping Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Technology to Russia for Use in Ukraine PRESS STATEMENT ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 8, 2022 The United States is designating a person involved in the shipment of Iranian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to Russia for […]
UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Report on the Human Rights Situation in Xinjiang PRESS STATEMENT ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 1, 2022 The August 31st report by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights outlines in alarming details the human rights violations […]
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