U.S. adds four Iran central bank crypto wallets to sanctions, Tether freezes $131 million of contents
The freeze targets TRON-based addresses that held over $165 million, preventing those specific funds from being transferred or redeemed.
Source: CoinDesk
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DW NOTE
Iran's central bank has now had $475 million in USDT frozen across multiple sanctions rounds — not to defend the rial, but because defending the rial with a dollar stablecoin was always a placeholder for the dollar itself. The Strait closure and resumed strikes make this a live enforcement problem, not a symbolic one.