Sanctions compliance officers should be on alert following several new sanctions designated by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) against Iran’s largest steel, aluminum, copper, and iron manufacturers, as well as eight senior Iranian regime officials who are directly responsible for the regime’s violent acts.

Jaclyn Jaeger is a freelance contributor to Compliance Week after working for the company for 15 years. She writes on a wide variety of topics, including ethics and compliance, risk management, legal,...