Tammy Bruce,
Department Spokesperson
APRIL 1,
2025
The United States is today sanctioning six
entities and two individuals based in Iran, the UAE, and
China that have been involved in the procurement of key
components on behalf of entities connected to Iran’s UAV
and ballistic missile programs.
Today’s action is a
part of President Trump’s maximum pressure campaign on the
Iranian regime, to disrupt efforts by the U.S.-sanctioned
Iran-based Qods Aviation Industries to procure equipment for
Iran’s military-industrial complex and UAV
program.
The United States will use all available
means to expose and disrupt Iran’s growing UAV and missile
development programs and weapons proliferation, which
destabilize the Middle East and beyond. We will continue to
act against the complex schemes Iran uses in third countries
to conceal its acquisition and its transfers of sensitive
technology. Iran uses this technology and the proceeds from
arms sales to bolster its military industrial base to build
missiles and UAVs, which are used against fellow countries,
as well as exported to Russia, terrorist proxy groups around
the Middle East, and to other actors of concern.
The
Department of Treasury’s action
was taken pursuant to Executive Order 13382, which targets
proliferators of weapons of mass destruction and their
supporters.
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