Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi freezes Iran transactions

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TOKYO (Reuters) - Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, which handles most of Japan's payments for oil imports from Iran, said on Thursday it had frozen transactions with Iranian banks after being ordered to do so by the New York District Court earlier this month.

A Japanese bank has halted transactions by the Iranian government after a US court ordered a $2.6 billion asset freeze over the 1983 bombing of US barracks in Beirut, a bank spokesman said on Thursday."It is true that we have received the order from the US court," to freeze $2.6 billion of assets, a spokesman for the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ told AFP, declining to give details on the value of Iranian holdings at the bank.

In an action unrelated to U.S. sanctions against Tehran, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ said it has frozen financial transactions with Iran's government and central bank, as ordered by a U.S.

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Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ moved after receiving US court order but submitted objection on grounds that court does not have jurisdiction