The United States has imposed sanctions on Iran Air and a number of individuals and legal entities in connection with arms transfers to Russia, the US Treasury and State Department announced today.
Sanctions were imposed against Iran’s largest airline in connection with its “involvement in supplying Iranian weapons systems to Russia” as well as for transporting critical Western-made spare parts and equipment from Europe to Iran.
“Iran Air is a key element of the Iranian military-industrial complex and provides an opportunity to purchase Western equipment and dual-use materials for use in developing UAV technology, which are supplied to Russia for use in Ukraine.” – the US State Department said in a statement, as quoted by RIA Novosti.
According to the US Treasury, three Iranian nationals associated with the country’s military-industrial complex are also on the blacklist: a representative of the Iranian Ministry of Defense in the Russian Federation, which is under US sanctions. Ruhollah Katebiemployee of Iranian defense industry company Shahid Kharrazi Industries Ibrahim Bahrami and head of the Space Command of the IRGC Aerospace Forces Ali Jafarabadi.
as it was transmitted EADailyThe United States and Britain have officially accused Iran of supplying short-range ballistic missiles to Russia and threatened sanctions, CBS reported.
The allies said they would take steps to punish those involved, the television channel said.
United States Secretary of State Antonio BlinkenSpeaking alongside the British Foreign Secretary David Lammy During a visit to London, he said sanctions would be announced later on Tuesday.
