Fact Sheet
Office of the
Spokesperson
June 10, 2026
Today, the Department of
State is taking action to designate four Iran- and
Belarus-based entities and individuals involved in the
procurement of arms and related materiel intended to support
Iran’s military.
The United States, as directed in
the President’s National Security Presidential Memorandum
2, is committed to disrupting procurement efforts supporting
Iran’s military programs. This action represents the
commitment to stop Iran from engaging in activities related
to the reconstitution of its proliferation-sensitive
programs.
All Department of State targets are being
designated pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13949, which
targets certain persons with respect to the conventional
arms activities of Iran.
The Department of the
Treasury is concurrently designating nine entities and
individuals who have worked to procure weapons on behalf of
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). For more
information on these actions, please see the Department of
the Treasury’s press release.
Designations Pursuant
to Section 1(a)(i) of E.O. 13949
The Department is
designating the following entity and individual pursuant to
Section 1(a)(i) of E.O. 13949 for engaging in activity that
materially contributes to the supply, sale, or transfer,
directly or indirectly, to or from Iran, or for the use in
or benefit of Iran, of arms or related materiel, including
spare parts.
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Armory Alliance
Armory Alliance is
a Belarus-based entity that has acted as an intermediary
between China-based companies and Iran and has been involved
in facilitating the purchase of hundreds of man-portable
air-defense systems (MANPADS) and their shipment from China
to Iran including attempting to route the shipments through
third party countries and obfuscating their origin and true
end-user. The Department of the Treasury previously
designated Armory Alliance pursuant to E.O. 13382 on May 8,
2026.
Mohammadmahdi Maleki
Mohammadmahdi Maleki
is a Belarus-based Iranian individual who, as an employee of
Armory Alliance has contributed to Armory Alliance’s
efforts to procure weapons for benefit of Iran. The
Department of the Treasury previously designated
Mohammadmahdi Maleki pursuant to E.O. 13382 on May 8,
2026.
Designating Pursuant to Section 1(a)(ii) of E.O.
13949
The Department is designating the following
entity pursuant to Section 1(a)(ii) of E.O. 13949 for having
provided to Iran any technical training, financial resources
or services, advice, other services, or assistance related
to the supply, sale, transfer, manufacture, maintenance, or
use of arms and related materiel described in subsection
(a)(i) of section 1 of E.O. 13949.
Center for
Innovation and Technology Cooperation
Center for
Innovation and Technology Cooperation (CITC) is an
Iran-based government entity involved in the procurement of
satellite imagery to support kinetic strikes by Iranian
armed forces. CITC coordinated with the Iranian Ministry of
Intelligence and Security (MOIS) about striking locations
within and around a facility hosting U.S. armed forces in
late March 2026. The facility was subsequently targeted by
an Iranian attack in late March 2026, resulting in the
injury of U.S. service members. Additionally, officials of
CITC have approached China-based facilitators to attempt to
procure weapons for use by Iran’s military. Center for
Progress and Development of Iran (CDPI) is the latest name
of Iran’s CITC. CITC was previously designated by the
United States on July 12, 2012, pursuant to E.O. 13382. MOIS
was previously designated by the United States on February
6, 2012, pursuant to E.O. 13224 and E.O. 13553. MOIS was
also designated by the United States on April 22, 2012,
pursuant to E.O. 1306; September 9, 2022, pursuant to E.O.
13694; and September 8, 2023, pursuant to E.O.
14078.
Designating Pursuant to Section 1(a)(iii) of
E.O. 13949
The Department is designating the following
individual pursuant to Section 1(a)(iii) of E.O. 13949 for
having engaged, or attempted to engage, in any activity that
materially contributes to, or poses a risk of materially
contributing to, the proliferation of arms or related
materiel or items intended for military end-uses or military
end-users, including any efforts to manufacture, acquire,
possess, develop, transport, transfer, or use such items, by
the Government of Iran (including persons owned or
controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of the Government
of Iran) or paramilitary organizations financially or
militarily supported by the Government of Iran.
Sajjad
Ahadzadeh
Sajjad Ahadzadeh (Ahadzadeh) is the head of
CITC. Ahadzadeh has approached China-based facilitators,
such as U.S.-designated China-based Yushita Shanghai
International Trade Co Ltd (Yushita), to procure
man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADS). Ahadzadeh has
attempted to facilitate the procurement of weapons and other
arms and related materiel from China for use by Iran
including through U.S.-designated Yushita. Yushita was
designated by the Department of the Treasury on May 8, 2026,
pursuant to E.O.
13382.
