WASHINGTON, May 27 (UPI) -- The U.S. Treasury Department has frozen the assets under U.S. jurisdiction of two Hezbollah supporters based in Africa, the department said Wednesday.

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WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 (UPI) -- A move by the U.S. Treasury Department to freeze the assets of an Iranian Kurdish group linked to separatist factions in Iraq was erroneous, officials say.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- The militant Free Life Party of Kurdistan operating in northwestern Iraq was listed by the U.S. Department of Treasury as a terrorist organization.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- U.S. Treasury Secretary-designate Timothy Geithner said Wednesday last year's bailouts of financial institutions were needed to avoid catastrophe.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- An international financial task force Thursday closed the last entry point for Iranian banks to the U.S. financial system, the U.S. Treasury Department said.

BAGHDAD, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- The Association of Muslim Scholars in Iraq issued a follow-up statement to appeals made to the U.S. Treasury Department's decision to freeze its assets.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- The U.S. Treasury Department said it froze assets Tuesday of five people and two entities for threatening the peace and stability of Iraq and its government.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- The United Arab Emirates is cracking down on Iranians seeking to do business in Dubai in the wake of pressure from U.S. officials, record show.