(Reuters) – The United States Treasury has imposed sanctions on three new Iranian organizations in connection with an alleged disinformation campaign targeting the 2020 election, according to a statement issued late on Thursday.
The Treasury said the Bayan Rasaneh Gostar Institute was being sanctioned for being “complicit in foreign interference in the 2020 U.S. presidential election.” The Iranian Islamic Radio and Television Union (IRTVU) and the International Union of Virtual Media (IUVM) were sanctioned because they are allegedly controlled by the already-sanctioned Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
(Reporting by Raphael Satter; Editing by Chris Reese)
