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US sanctions three alleged senior al-Qaeda leaders based in Iran

Treasury department says three men have been crucial to moving funds and weapons around Middle East for banned group
Iranian protesters set US and Israeli flags afire during a parade marking al-Quds in Tehran on 1 July 2016 (AFP)
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The US treasury has announced sanctions on three Iran-based men alleged to be senior al-Qaeda members involved in moving funds and weapons around the Middle East.

The treasury said Faisal Jassim Mohammed al-Amri al-Khalidi, Yisra Muhammad Ibrahim Bayumi and Abu Bakr Muhammad Muhammad Ghumayn had important logistics roles in al-Qaeda.

The treasury said Khalidi, a 31-year-old Kuwait-born Saudi national, was "part of a new generation" of al-Qaeda operatives who in May 2015 participated in a senior leadership meeting as the military commission chief.

Egyptian Bayumi, 48, is an al-Qaeda veteran involved recently in raising and deploying funds for the group.

Ghumayn, a 35-year-old Algerian, took control of the financing and organisation of Iran-based al-Qaeda members last year.

The sanctions authorise the seizure of any assets located in US jurisdictions of those named, and ban Americans and US-based companies from doing business with them - effectively closing off their access to much of the global financial system.

"Treasury remains committed to targeting al-Qaeda's terrorist activity and denying al-Qaeda and its critical support networks access to the international financial system," Adam Szubin, acting under secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, said in a statement.

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