U.S. diplomacy

U.S. credit card giant American Express identified and closed 30consumer accounts in 2024 that it said could have had ties to the Government of Iran. The accounts were only used for personal expenses, AmEx said in a regulatory filing on Friday. It also ended its relationship with a third-party ATM network provider, which was connected to an Iranian bank sanctioned by the U.S. government (Read more at Market Screener).

U.S. credit card giant American Express identified and closed 30consumer accounts in 2024 that it said could have had ties to the Government of Iran. The accounts were only used for personal expenses, AmEx said in a regulatory filing on Friday. It also ended its relationship with a third-party ATM network provider, which was connected to an Iranian bank sanctioned by the U.S. government (Read more at Market Screener).

U.S. credit card giant American Express identified and closed 30consumer accounts in 2024 that it said could have had ties to the Government of Iran. The accounts were only used for personal expenses, AmEx said in a regulatory filing on Friday. It also ended its relationship with a third-party ATM network provider, which was connected to an Iranian bank sanctioned by the U.S. government (Read more at Market Screener).

U.S. credit card giant American Express identified and closed 30consumer accounts in 2024 that it said could have had ties to the Government of Iran. The accounts were only used for personal expenses, AmEx said in a regulatory filing on Friday. It also ended its relationship with a third-party ATM network provider, which was connected to an Iranian bank sanctioned by the U.S. government (Read more at Market Screener).

Trump made similar comments on his social media portal Truth Social, saying that wants Iran to “peacefully grow and prosper.” “Reports that the United States, working in conjunction with Israel, is going to blow Iran into smithereens, ARE GREATLY EXAGGERATED,” he posted (Read more at JNS).

The Department of Defense announced that the State Department had approved a package for Israel worth an estimated $6.75 billion that included munitions, guidance kits and fuses with Boeing Co among the principal contractors. Democratic lawmakers requested that the sale be paused until he received more information (Read more at Ammon News).

SDF spokesperson Farhad Shami warned of the potential consequences of such a move, emphasizing that “ISIS and other malicious actors are closely watching for an opportunity to exploit a U.S. withdrawal, aiming to regain their foothold and return to the 2014 situation.” (Read more at Kurdistan 24).

Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian, at a meeting with OPEC Secretary-General Haitham al-Ghais, urged OPEC members to unite against possible US sanctions on the major oil producer after US President Donald Trump said he would seek to drive Tehran’s oil exports to zero (Read more at Aljazeera).