π€TIMELINES, PATTERNS & THE US TREASURY LEADING THE WAY
Today the Treasury Secretary said this about the Supreme Leader of Iran: "He is hiding in seclusion while his regime crumbles. We will preserve these assets for the Iranian people."
Then OFAC designated his personal money manager.
Ali Ansari. Dubai-based. Ran a global empire of real estate and commercial holdings across Germany, Luxembourg, Spain, the United Kingdom, Cyprus, and the UAE β all funneled through a shell company registered in Saint Kitts. All for the benefit of the Supreme Leader's son Mojtaba Khamenei and the IRGC.
He built it by embezzling billions through Ayandeh Bank β a bank he owned β issuing himself loans backed by the Central Bank of Iran until the Iranian government itself was forced to shut it down. While ordinary Iranians watched their currency collapse and inflation destroy their savings, Ansari was buying European real estate with their money on behalf of the regime.
Same action. Three Iranian exchange houses designated. Family-run operations moving billions annually for sanctioned Iranian banks through layers of shell companies across Hong Kong and the UAE. One exchange alone held $117 million in foreign currency for sanctioned banks.
Now step back and look at the last six months.
January β Treasury sanctioned two UK-registered crypto front companies funneling money for Iran.
April β $344 million in Central Bank of Iran crypto wallets frozen.
June 2 β Four Iranian crypto exchanges sanctioned. 70% of all cryptocurrency moving through Iran shut down in one action.
June 25 β $3.84 billion in flows between those sanctioned exchanges and CoinEx illuminated on the blockchain.
June 28 β IRGC weapons procurement network sanctioned.
July 1 β 134 ISIS-K cryptocurrency wallets frozen. Tether froze every TRON wallet within hours.
July 7 β U.S. military struck 80+ Iranian targets. Full oil sanctions reimposed.
July 8 β GL X revoked. The accommodation lane that had authorized certain Iranian oil transactions closed permanently.
July 10 Today. The Supreme Leader's personal financier designated. His global real estate empire exposed. Three shadow exchange houses that moved billions for sanctioned banks designated. Shell companies in Hong Kong and the UAE named.
Nine steps. Six months. From peripheral crypto fronts to the Supreme Leader's personal money.
Each step cut a deeper artery. Each step moved closer to the center. Crypto front companies first. Then the Central Bank wallets. Then the domestic exchanges. Then the international pipeline. Then the weapons procurement. Then the terror financing. Then the military targets. Then the accommodation lane closed. And today the man who manages the Supreme Leader's personal fortune.
That's not a sanctions program. That's a siege. Financial de-scaffolding followed by kinetic strikes followed by the targeting of the innermost financial circle. Every escape route sealed before the next door gets kicked in.
And Bessent didn't say "we will freeze these assets." He said "we will preserve these assets for the Iranian people." That's not enforcement language. That's regime-change language. He's telling the Iranian people that the money their leaders stole is being held in trust for them, not for the regime.
The pipes are made of glass. The money is visible. And Treasury just followed it all the way to the Supreme Leader's front door.
I am the guy on the couch, and you have been debriefed.
@CouchGuy17 @drawandstrike @ColonelTowner
π€TIMELINES, PATTERNS & THE US TREASURY LEADING THE WAY
Today the Treasury Secretary said this about the Supreme Leader of Iran: "He is hiding in seclusion while his regime crumbles. We will preserve these assets for the Iranian people."
Then OFAC designated his personal money manager.
Ali Ansari. Dubai-based. Ran a global empire of real estate and commercial holdings across Germany, Luxembourg, Spain, the United Kingdom, Cyprus, and the UAE β all funneled through a shell company registered in Saint Kitts. All for the benefit of the Supreme Leader's son Mojtaba Khamenei and the IRGC.
He built it by embezzling billions through Ayandeh Bank β a bank he owned β issuing himself loans backed by the Central Bank of Iran until the Iranian government itself was forced to shut it down. While ordinary Iranians watched their currency collapse and inflation destroy their savings, Ansari was buying European real estate with their money on behalf of the regime.
Same action. Three Iranian exchange houses designated. Family-run operations moving billions annually for sanctioned Iranian banks through layers of shell companies across Hong Kong and the UAE. One exchange alone held $117 million in foreign currency for sanctioned banks.
Now step back and look at the last six months.
January β Treasury sanctioned two UK-registered crypto front companies funneling money for Iran.
April β $344 million in Central Bank of Iran crypto wallets frozen.
June 2 β Four Iranian crypto exchanges sanctioned. 70% of all cryptocurrency moving through Iran shut down in one action.
June 25 β $3.84 billion in flows between those sanctioned exchanges and CoinEx illuminated on the blockchain.
June 28 β IRGC weapons procurement network sanctioned.
July 1 β 134 ISIS-K cryptocurrency wallets frozen. Tether froze every TRON wallet within hours.
July 7 β U.S. military struck 80+ Iranian targets. Full oil sanctions reimposed.
July 8 β GL X revoked. The accommodation lane that had authorized certain Iranian oil transactions closed permanently.
July 10 Today. The Supreme Leader's personal financier designated. His global real estate empire exposed. Three shadow exchange houses that moved billions for sanctioned banks designated. Shell companies in Hong Kong and the UAE named.
Nine steps. Six months. From peripheral crypto fronts to the Supreme Leader's personal money.
Each step cut a deeper artery. Each step moved closer to the center. Crypto front companies first. Then the Central Bank wallets. Then the domestic exchanges. Then the international pipeline. Then the weapons procurement. Then the terror financing. Then the military targets. Then the accommodation lane closed. And today the man who manages the Supreme Leader's personal fortune.
That's not a sanctions program. That's a siege. Financial de-scaffolding followed by kinetic strikes followed by the targeting of the innermost financial circle. Every escape route sealed before the next door gets kicked in.
And Bessent didn't say "we will freeze these assets." He said "we will preserve these assets for the Iranian people." That's not enforcement language. That's regime-change language. He's telling the Iranian people that the money their leaders stole is being held in trust for them, not for the regime.
The pipes are made of glass. The money is visible. And Treasury just followed it all the way to the Supreme Leader's front door.
I am the guy on the couch, and you have been debriefed. @CouchGuy17 @drawandstrike @ColonelTowner
It's funny that he named himself for Steven Wright's character in Half Baked