Intel: How the latest sanctions on the Taliban target Iran

As part of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s visit to Saudi Arabia, the United States and its Gulf allies announced new sanctions implicating Iran today. The latest round of sanctions target seven members of the Afghan Taliban as well as two of their alleged accomplices inside Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

“Iran’s provision of military training, financing and weapons to the Taliban is yet another example of Tehran’s blatant regional meddling and support for terrorism,” Mnuchin said in a statement. “The United States and our partners will not tolerate the Iranian regime exploiting Afghanistan to further their destabilizing behavior.”