A court in the US state of Minnesota has sentenced an Iranian national to nearly two years in federal prison over accusations of violating US sanctions. Seyed Sajjad Shahidian, the CEO and founder of an internet-based financial services company, was sentenced to 23 months before Judge Patrick J. Schiltz in US District Court in Minneapolis, Minnesota,...

The Wall Street Journal | Mengqi Sun: The U.S. charged an Iranian online financial services company and two of its senior executives with violating U.S. sanctions on Iran, U.S. prosecutors said. Seyed Sajjad Shahidian, Vahid Vali and the company, Payment24, were criminally charged with conspiracy to commit offenses against the U.S., money laundering,...