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Structured register of government actions in the geoeconomic space — export controls, tariffs, sanctions, FDI screening, subsidies, industrial-policy laws — cross-referenced into the country, minerals, and ETF surface. Charter: docs/IPTM_CHARTER.md.
Severity 1-5 is the qualitative impact rating (1=minor, 5=structural). The bilateral-trade-grounded quant scorer is the next IPTM milestone. RBI (Register Breadth Index) is a complementary structural-breadth indicator from scripts/py/iptm/breadth.py; divergence between RBI and severity is itself informative (high-sev / low-RBI = strategic chokepoint; low-sev / high-RBI = broad but shallow). Every action has at least one primary source URL. Verify-or-don't-file. See also themes, timeline, graph, sankey, map, country exposure, sector exposure, material exposure (+ graph), weekly briefs, portfolio scan, escalation monitor, trans-shipment hubs. Internal triage tools (RSS-poller candidate feed, source-feed health) live under /admin/candidates + /admin/sources. Subscribe via Atom feed (accepts ?country=CN, ?material=lithium, ?issuer=BIS, ?type=export_control, ?etf=SOXX, ?company=NVDA, ?minSeverity=4, ?year=2026, ?q=…) or pull /api/iptm/actions.
On 7 September 2026 the UK made the Iran (Sanctions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (SI 2026/983), laid before Parliament 8 September 2026 and due to come into force 29 September 2026. The instrument substantially rewrites the Iran (Sanctions) Regulations 2023 and the Iran (Sanctions) Regulations 2019, adding new financial restrictions (bans on loans, credit and joint ventures with Iranian manufacturing, oil/gas, petrochemical and uranium interests; a ban on UK banks opening accounts or representative offices for Iranian banks; an insurance/reinsurance ban; a ban on trading Iranian government bonds issued after the regulation date), new trade-control chapters covering gold/precious metals/diamonds, energy-related goods and services, and sectoral software, new import bans on Iranian gold, oil, petrochemicals and natural gas, and new aircraft/shipping parts restricting Iranian cargo flights, chartering of specified vessels, and UK port entry and ship registration for sanctions-evading vessels.
On 11 August 2026 the UK Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI), part of HM Treasury, imposed a £4,732,830.58 monetary penalty on Citibank N.A., London Branch (CBNA London) under section 146 of the Policing and Crime Act 2017, for breaches of the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 and the Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions Regulations 2021. Across eight categorised "Matters" spanning payment processing, correspondent banking and account restrictions — mostly occurring between February and November 2022 following Russia's invasion of Ukraine — CBNA London processed payments and dealt with frozen funds totalling approximately £19,720,127.43 in breach value, including exposure to designated shipping company PJSC Sovcomflot and a designated Russian individual's corporate network. OFSI rated the case Level 4 (its highest severity tier), with conduct assessed as aggravating; the penalty was reduced from a baseline of roughly £7.89 million via a voluntary-disclosure and cooperation discount. Announced 2 September 2026, this is OFSI's largest financial-sanctions penalty since Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, surpassing the prior record held by Sabre Global Technologies Limited (£1,000,921, May 2026).