美国财政部说，伊朗的出口开发银行非法协助伊朗政府违反联合国制裁措施。美国财政部官员星期三指控这家银行为核武器扩散者，说这家银行为伊朗获取导弹系统提供资金。美国财政部决定有效制止美国实业及公民与伊朗的出口开发银行有任何业务往来。财政部也冻结了这家银行在美国被发现的所有资产。
2007年，美国财政部冻结了与伊朗的国家银行赛帕银行的财务往来。财政部说，那家银行积极参与伊朗寻求大规模杀伤性武器的行动。财政部官员说，伊朗的出口开发银行从那时起就取代了赛帕银行的作用，成为处理赛帕银行资金筹措的主要中介，其中包括与大规模杀伤性武器有关的款项支付。
The U.S. Treasury Department says the Export Development Bank of Iran is illegally helping the Iranian government violate United Nations sanctions. Treasury officials today (Wednesday) designated the bank as a “proliferator,” saying it provides financing to Iran’s missile procurement network. The Treasury Department’s decision effectively bars U.S. entities and citizens from doing any business with the Export Development Bank of Iran (EDBI). It also freezes any of the bank’s financial assets that are found in the United States.
In 2007, the Treasury Department blocked all financial transactions with Iran’s state-owned Bank Sepah. It said that bank was an active participant in the Islamic Republic’s pursuit of weapons of mass destruction. Treasury officials say the Export Development Bank of Iran has since stepped in as one of the leading intermediaries to handle Bank Sepah’s financing, including payments that are linked to weapons of mass destruction.