‘Blatant corruption’: New US sanctions target Mojtaba Khamenei’s moneyman

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The US issued new Iran-related sanctions on Friday targeting a key financier for Iran’s new leader Mojtaba Khamenei and 13 other individuals and entities, following Tehran’s resumed attacks on oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, the Treasury Department said. The sanctions took aim at Ali Ansari, an Iranian banker and businessman based in Dubai who had previously been sanctioned by Britain for his role in financially supporting the activities of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and other entities, Treasury said. Treasury said Ansari had diverted publicly funded wealth into an extensive overseas portfolio of real estate and commercial…