Washington targets Tehran’s digital lifeline, exposing IRGC-linked transactions and terror financing through cryptocurrency networks”
The Trump administration has intensified financial pressure on Iran by imposing sanctions on Nobitex, the country’s leading digital currency trading platform.
The new measures target Nobitex, its chief executive officer, three original co-founders and three rival Iranian cryptocurrency exchanges. The sanctions come as diplomatic efforts have failed to produce a final agreement ending the active conflict between Washington and Tehran.
According to the US Treasury Department, Nobitex has been used by Iranian state actors to bypass international sanctions and move money connected to terrorism, IRGC-linked activity and ransomware operations.
Federal officials accused the platform of facilitating payments tied to Iran’s terror financing, sanctions evasion and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps transactions. The Treasury also said Nobitex helped Iran’s Central Bank access hundreds of millions of dollars in stablecoins to support the collapsing rial.
The department added that regime insiders used the exchange to reach international digital asset platforms and evade sanctions across multiple jurisdictions.
After US combat operations began in Iran, Nobitex reportedly helped move and protect assets outside the country, shielding regime wealth even during internet blackouts.
The sanctions expose how Tehran has tried to use cryptocurrency as a financial escape route while under military and economic pressure. Washington’s message is clear: Iran’s digital money networks will not be allowed to fund terror, protect regime elites or weaken the pressure campaign.
