The United States has imposed sanctions on two Iranian companies and four individuals for their years-long cyber attacks targeting U.S. companies on behalf of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Cyber Electronic Command (IRGC-CEC).
Iranian nationals Hossein Harooni, Reza Kazemifar, Komeil Baradaran Salmani, and Alireza Shafie Nasab were targeted for their involvement in a cyber-enabled campaign to compromise more than a dozen U.S. companies and government entities through cyber operations, including spear phishing and malware attacks.
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June 12, 2026 17:14 ET Major central bank action was the focus this week in economic news. The European Central Bank became the first major central bank to move in response to the rising inflationary pressures in the backdrop of the conflict in the Middle East. In North America, the U.S. inflation and trade data as well as Canada’s central bank decision gained attention. The Chinese trade data was the main news in Asia.