The president of EU, Joe Bidenannounced new sanctions to Irandirected against his Revolutionary Guard and the Ministry of Defense, for the attack against Israel.
Through a statement signed by the State Department spokesperson, Matthew Millerthe US government explained that it is also targeting Iran’s unmanned aerial vehicle program, steel industry and automobile companies.
“In response to the unprecedented attack of Iran contra Israel, USA is taking radical action against several actors involved in the U.S. unmanned aerial vehicle program. Iransuppliers and customers of one of the largest steel producers in Iran and Iranian auto companies with connections to USA“, notes the statement.
US targets support network for Iran drone program
The designated entities are the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the Ministry of Defense and Logistics of the Armed Forces (MODAFL).
In total, the Treasury Department imposes sanctions on 16 individuals and two entities that allow the production and testing of unmanned aerial vehicles. Iranas well as the proliferation to actors working on behalf of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, its unmanned aerial vehicle production division, Chemical Parts Sivan Companyand other Iranian manufacturers of UAVs and UAV engines.
US: Hit to Iran’s steel network
The Treasury also sanctions five companies that supply component materials for steel production to the Khuzestan Steel Company (KSC) of Iran, an entity sanctioned by USAor who buy finished steel products from the KSC.
Additionally, Treasury sanctions Iranian automaker Bahman Group and three of its subsidiaries, which have continued to materially support the IRGC and other sanctioned entities.
Limiting Iran’s access to commercial microelectronics
Finally, the Commerce Department imposes new controls to restrict Iran’s access to technologies such as basic commercial-grade microelectronics.
“We will continue to work with our allies and partners to employ the full range of tools at our disposal to address revenue streams and disrupt networks that support Iran’s reckless proliferation of weapons that destabilize the Middle East and beyond,” he noted. Miller.
US and partners plan sanctions against Iran
The Secretary of the Treasury EU, Janet Yellenannounced last Tuesday that USA and its partners were coordinating a new round of sanctions against Iran for the attack on Israel, the first launched by Tehran directly against Israeli territory.
Several countries had previously designated the Revolutionary Guard, a branch of the Armed Forces, as a terrorist group. Iran created after the Islamic Revolution of 1979.
In 2019, USA included the Revolutionary Guard on the blacklist of terrorist groups, while the Government of Canada He already said in January of this year that he was studying ways to include the Revolutionary Guard on his list of terrorist organizations. EFE
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