- GENEVA: The Swiss government says it has frozen 1.5 million Swiss francs ($1.4 million) in Iranian accounts in Switzerland.
- A spokesman for the government's office of economic affairs says the accounts were frozen as a result of UN sanctions imposed on the Islamic Republic because of its nuclear program.
Thomas Graf told The Associated Press on Thursday that 75 Iranian organizations or companies and 41 individuals are covered by the sanctions.
He says none of the frozen assets belong to the 40 Iranian entities and one individual who were added to the sanctions list by the UN Security Council in June.
Swiss banks have repeatedly been accused of allowing firms and individuals close to the Iranian government to conduct business through Swiss accounts.