Japan follows allies, adds Iran bank to sanctions list

West Australian Tuesday 13th March, 2012

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan on Tuesday placed Iran's third-largest bank on a blacklist for allegedly having helped Tehran develop its nuclear programme, following up on similar moves by the United States and the European Union announced in January.The addition of state-owned Bank Tejarat takes to 21 the number of Iranian banks with which Japan has ...

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