U.S. will continue to enforce existing sanctions and that those who violate them will be targeted, US officials said to reassure members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in a Tuesday hearing.
“As part of this effort, over the last six weeks I have traveled to the U.K., Germany, Italy, Austria, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates carrying this message: ‘Iran is not open for business,'” said David Cohen, Treasury undersecretary for terrorism and financing told skeptical lawmakers. “In all of these engagements we have made clear that we will continue to respond to Iran’s efforts to evade our sanctions wherever they may occur. … We are poised to deploy our tools against anyone, anywhere, who violates our sanctions, just as we have always done.”