The US Treasury Department on Tuesday imposed new sanctions on Iran, including the Basij and networks supporting its infrastructure, including five investment companies and three banks.
Administration officials said the Basij was involved in internal Iranian violence and human rights abuses, such as recruiting children to fight in Syria.
"We are still pushing countries to cut Iranian oil exports, and this is our focus for the fourth of November and beyond," the officials said.
The source revealed that more companies leave Iran every day, and this reveals the weaknesses in the Iranian economy,
"This is another important part of our campaign to exert maximum economic pressure against the Iranian regime, which will continue until it stops its criminal and evil behavior," a US official was quoted by AFP as telling reporters.
The administration is preparing a new strategy in Syria that will focus on confronting Iran and its militias, according to US media.
A report on the NBC News website said that the plan depends on several axes to confront Iran, including tightening the screws on Iran financially, increasing political and diplomatic pressure on it, and not funding reconstruction projects in areas under Iranian or Russian control. Imposing sanctions on Iranian and Russian companies working on reconstruction in Syria.
