On Tuesday, US Treasury Department revealed penalties targeting firms and individuals that help Iran drone and other military projects.
The US Treasury Department stated that Iran’s Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics runs the purchase network.
Iran Drone Production Targeted By US
Washington’s latest UAV attack against Iran. The US sanctioned a Chinese network this month for allegedly shipping aircraft parts to an Iranian company that makes drones used to attack oil tankers and transferred them to Russia.
“Iran’s well-documented spread of UAVs and conventional weaponry to its proxies continues to jeopardize both regional security and global stability,” said Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Brian Nelson.
Iran’s UN mission in New York didn’t respond to a request for comment.
The new judgment prohibits US citizens from doing business with the sanctioned companies or persons and freezes their assets. Washington’s latest UAV attack against Iran.
The US sanctioned a Chinese network this month for allegedly shipping aircraft parts to an Iranian company that makes drones used to attack oil tankers and transferred to Russia.
“Iran’s well-documented spread of UAVs and conventional weaponry to its proxies continues to jeopardize both regional security and global stability,” said Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Brian Nelson.
Iran’s UN mission in New York didn’t respond to a request for comment. The new judgment prohibits US citizens from doing business with the sanctioned companies or persons and freezes their assets.
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US Citizens Can’t Do Business With Sanctioned Countries
Tuesday’s action freezes those targeted’s US assets and bans Americans from engaging with them. Some transactions with them risk sanctions. Iran’s Defense Technology and Science Research Center (DTSRC), Amanallah Paidar, and Farazan Industrial Engineering, Inc. were designated.
Murat Bukey of Turkey was chosen. The Treasury accused him of helping Paidar buy defense-related goods, including chemical and biological detection gear.
Bukey sold more than 100 European-origin UAV engines and related components worth more than $1 million to entities that likely transshipped them to Iran, according to the Treasury.
Spain’s high court extradited Bukey to the US in April. US prosecutors arrested him at Barcelona airport on suspicion of importing and selling fuel cells for ballistic missiles and detection in 2012 and 2013.
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