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US designates Russian payment system A7 under Iran sanctions

The US Department of the Treasury has placed the Russian payment system A7 on its sanctions list related to Iran. According to the department, the network, linked to Ilan Shor, was designated as a transnational criminal organisation used by Russia and Iran to evade sanctions. The full scope of operational impacts on the system has not been detailed.

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6 differing positions reported on attribution across 16 publishers; unresolved.
  • telegramМинистерства финансов Соединенных Штатов
  • theinsМинфин США
  • rferlСША
  • meduzaСША
  • shafaqUS
  • kyivindependentU.S. Treasury
  • istoriesСША
  • thenationalnewsUS
  • zonaСША
  • google-alertsU.S.
  • ltn美
  • themoscowtimesU.S.
  • kloopСША
  • rtUS
  • allkharkovСША
  • iranwireآمریکا
4 differing positions reported on location across 9 publishers; unresolved.
  • telegramпо Ирану
  • shafaqIran
  • thenationalnewsIran
  • google-alertsRussia-linked
  • rferlIran
  • ltn伊朗
  • kloopКыргызстан
  • theinsБелого дома
  • iranwireروسی
3 differing positions reported on status across 16 publishers; unresolved.
  • telegramвнесли
  • theinsпризнал
  • rferlввели
  • meduzaобъявили
  • shafaqtargets
  • kyivindependentcracks down
  • istoriesобъявили
  • thenationalnewshits
  • zonaввели
  • google-alertsdesignates
  • ltn擴大
  • themoscowtimesBlacklists
  • kloopзаморозили
  • rtrejects
  • allkharkovудар
  • iranwireتحریم کرد
WhereUnited States
37.601, -92.716 ±400 km
First reported24 days ago
Published2026-10-01 19:11 UTC
Sources16
How this travelled.
Reports29Independent tellings15
15 independently corroborated tellings, 4 reported as carrying other outlets.

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Global Event Monitor. US designates Russian payment system A7 under Iran sanctions. 2026-10-01T19:11:19.470Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:4321. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-10-01/a7-17f925d2

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