The Trump administration announced sanctions on Friday against the Turkish financial institution Golden Global Yatirim Bankasi.
特朗普政府周五宣布,对土耳其金融机构Golden Global Yatirim Bankasi实施制裁。
The U.S. Treasury said this bank helped Iran move oil money from China to Turkey. Then the money was turned into cash and gold.
美国财政部表示,这家银行帮助伊朗把石油收入从中国转到土耳其,然后换成现金和黄金。
The U.S. side said the bank "knowingly and deliberately" provided banking services to sanctioned Iranian financial entities.
美方说,这家银行“明知故犯”,向受制裁的伊朗金融实体提供银行服务。
This is part of the "Economic Exile Operation" started by Treasury Secretary Bessent.
这是财政部长贝森特发起的“经济放逐行动”的一部分。
The goal of this operation is to cut off Iran's "key financial lifeline."
这个行动的目的是切断伊朗的“关键金融生命线”。
Bessent said that financial institutions linked to Iran will pay a price.
贝森特说,与伊朗有联系的金融机构会付出代价。
But he hopes the international community will voluntarily stop supporting Iran's government.
但他希望国际社会能主动停止支持伊朗政权。
He warned: "We know who you are and where you are."
他警告说:“我们知道你们是谁,知道你们在哪里。”
However, the US goal of getting Iran's main trading partners to cut ties has not been achieved yet.
不过,美国想让伊朗的主要贸易伙伴切断联系,这个目标还没有实现。
The 'economic D-Day' the US had promised quickly turned into warnings and talks.
之前美国承诺的“经济D日”,很快就变成了警告和谈判。
Last week, the US only limited one Egyptian bank's business in the UAE, without imposing sanctions.
上周,美国只限制了一家埃及银行在阿联酋的业务,并没有实施制裁。
This shows the US is unwilling to punish major trading partners.
这说明美国不愿惩罚主要贸易伙伴。
The sanctions were announced the next day. Turkey's state-owned bank Halkbank reached a settlement with the U.S. Justice Department. This happened after a long legal case.
在宣布制裁的前一天,土耳其国有银行Halkbank与美国司法部达成和解。
This case, which involved Iran sanctions, had lasted for nine years.
这个案件涉及伊朗制裁,已经持续了九年。
The case involved the illegal transfer of about 20 billion dollars from Iran's oil income. It had made U.S.-Turkey relations tense.
案件涉及约200亿美元伊朗石油收入的非法转移,曾让美土关系变得紧张。
Turkey's President Erdogan had personally lobbied the White House, hoping to have the case dropped.
土耳其总统埃尔多安曾亲自游说白宫,希望撤销此案。