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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 345

SWIFT

A woman walks by an exchange office screen showing the currency exchange rates of US Dollar and Euro to Russian Rublesin Moscow, on February 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr)
February 25, 2022, 10:50 am
US and Europe hold off imposing key financial sanction against Moscow
Some officials and experts say kicking Russia from SWIFT banking system could make international trade more difficult and encourage alternatives with less oversight
By FATIMA HUSSEIN, Josh Boak and Ken Sweet
US President Joe Biden speaks about the Russian invasion of Ukraine in the East Room of the White House, Feb. 24, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
February 24, 2022, 10:25 pm
Imposing new sanctions, Biden vows to turn Putin into ‘pariah’ for unjustifiable war
Measures target Russian banks, oligarchs, high-tech sectors, but not Russian leader; Biden stresses no US military forces will be sent to Ukraine, but NATO states will be defended
By AP and ToI Staff
Iranians walk past a bank in the capital Tehran on November 3, 2018. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
November 5, 2018, 5:42 pm
SWIFT network suspends Iran banks as US sanctions take force
Brussels-based system says ‘regrettable’ step ‘taken in the interest of the stability and integrity of the wider global financial system’
By AFP
A woman seeking to buy US dollars, bottom right, speaks with The Associated Press in downtown Tehran, Iran, October 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
October 27, 2018, 5:21 pm
Trump faces complaints that new Iran sanctions are too weak
Lawmakers worried Tehran may be able to stay connected to international bank transfer system, bypassing punitive measures
By SUSANNAH GEORGE and Matthew Lee
This June 6, 2013 file photo shows the sign outside the National Security Agency (NSA) campus in Fort Meade, Maryland. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
April 15, 2017, 1:11 pm
Hacked files suggest NSA penetrated SWIFT, Mideast banks
US agency may have monitored transactions involving financial institutions in Kuwait, Dubai, Jordan and other countries in region
By AFP
Ali Akbar Salehi, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, speaks in Tehran, Iran, on July 15, 2015. (AP/Ebrahim Noroozi)
February 3, 2016, 2:38 am
Iran’s nuke chief tipped as contender for Nobel Peace Prize
Ali Akbar Salehi named as strong candidate by Oslo analyst, days after he bragged that Iran has accelerated some of its nuclear activities
By ToI Staff
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (right) shakes hands with then US secretary of state John Kerry (left) in Geneva, January 14, 2015. (AFP/Rick Wilking/Pool)
February 1, 2016, 7:03 pm
Iran: $100 billion in assets ‘fully released’ under nuclear deal
Tehran expecting economic breakthrough now sanctions lifted, allowing access to overseas assets
By AP
Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
From the WebMarch 18, 2012, 5:57 pm
Treasurer lauds SWIFT’s ‘dramatic step’ against Iran
Finance Minister Steinitz hopes electronic banking embargo will be enough to bring Tehran to its knees, Ynet News reports
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March 16, 2012, 7:10 pm
AIPAC lauds SWIFT decision on Iran
Organization says action against Iranian banks must be ‘supplemented by additional measures’ to pressure Tehran
By Elizabeth Blade and Yifa Yaakov
Israel Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
March 16, 2012, 1:47 pm
Lieberman to Chinese: We prefer sanctions, but will strike Iran if need be
Foreign Minister says it is up to international community to stop Iranian nuclear program
A new bridge in Haifa (photo credit: Shay Levy/Flash90)
March 16, 2012, 11:30 am
Southern discomfort
The situation is still tense in the south, Israel praises the latest Iranian sanctions, and writers wax poetic on Lionel Messi
By Yossi Nachemi
President Barack Obama, left, and British Prime Minister David Cameron at the White House, March 2012 (photo credit: AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
March 16, 2012, 8:11 am
UK’s Cameron: Israeli military action against Iran now ‘not justified’
But British prime minister says all options on the table should sanctions fail
By Joshua Davidovich
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (photo credit: Amit Shabi/POOL/Flash90)
March 16, 2012, 12:23 am
PM praises SWIFT sanctions on Iran, as Tehran warns Israel will ‘end’ if it strikes nuclear sites
EU move severs more than 30 Iranian banks from vital financial hub
By Elizabeth Blade and AP
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February 23, 2012, 4:01 pm
EU to take SWIFT measures against Iran
Harsh economic sanctions set to cripple Iranian banks
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February 18, 2012, 12:29 am
Sanctions on steroids
Iran to be banned from using international financial clearinghouse’s services
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