{"id":4974,"date":"2023-03-21T17:54:37","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T17:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=4974"},"modified":"2023-03-23T18:40:36","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T18:40:36","slug":"us-announces-sanctions-on-irans-drone-procurement-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/analysis\/defense\/us-announces-sanctions-on-irans-drone-procurement-network\/2023\/03\/21\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"US announces sanctions on Iran’s drone procurement network"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON<\/span> (AP)<\/span> —<\/span> The<\/span> United<\/span> States<\/span> on<\/span> Tuesday<\/span> announced<\/span> new<\/span> sanctions<\/span> against<\/span> Iranian<\/span> companies<\/span> and<\/span> individuals<\/span> accused<\/span> of<\/span> procuring<\/span> equipment<\/span> for<\/span> Iran’s<\/span> drones.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> Treasury<\/span> Department’s<\/span> Office<\/span> of<\/span> Foreign<\/span> Assets<\/span> Control,<\/span> working<\/span> with<\/span> the<\/span> FBI,<\/span> named<\/span> her<\/span> four<\/span> companies<\/span> in<\/span> Iran<\/span> and<\/span> Turkey<\/span> and<\/span> her<\/span> three<\/span> individuals.<\/span> These<\/span> individuals<\/span> allegedly<\/span> purchased<\/span> equipment<\/span> including<\/span> European-made<\/span> engines<\/span> used<\/span> in<\/span> Iranian<\/span> drones<\/span> and<\/span> weapons<\/span> programs<\/span> that<\/span> should<\/span> use<\/span> Iran.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> sanctions<\/span> include<\/span> the<\/span> Iran-based<\/span> Defense<\/span> Technological<\/span> and<\/span> Scientific<\/span> Research<\/span> Center,<\/span> its<\/span> procurement<\/span> company<\/span> Farazan<\/span> Industrial<\/span> Engineering,<\/span> and<\/span> corporate<\/span> buyers.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Brian<\/span> Nelson,<\/span> the<\/span> U.S.<\/span> Treasury<\/span> Department’s<\/span> undersecretary<\/span> for<\/span> terrorism<\/span> and<\/span> financial<\/span> intelligence,<\/span> said:<\/span> “Iran’s<\/span> proliferation<\/span> of<\/span> unmanned<\/span> aerial<\/span> vehicles<\/span> and<\/span> conventional<\/span> weapons<\/span> to<\/span> proxy<\/span> states<\/span> is<\/span> well-documented<\/span> and<\/span> a<\/span> threat<\/span> to<\/span> regional<\/span> security<\/span> and<\/span> global<\/span> security.<\/span> continue<\/span> to<\/span> undermine<\/span> the<\/span> stability<\/span> of<\/span> Nelson<\/span> was<\/span> referring<\/span> to<\/span> unmanned<\/span> aerial<\/span> vehicles.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>“The<\/span> United<\/span> States<\/span> will<\/span> continue<\/span> to<\/span> reveal<\/span> foreign<\/span> procurement<\/span> networks<\/span> in<\/span> all<\/span> jurisdictions<\/span> that<\/span> support<\/span> Iran’s<\/span> military-industrial<\/span> complex,”<\/span> he<\/span> said.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>A<\/span> US<\/span> defense<\/span> official<\/span> says<\/span> Iran<\/span> is<\/span> supplying<\/span> Russia<\/span> with<\/span> unmanned<\/span> drones<\/span> to<\/span> use<\/span> against<\/span> civilians<\/span> as<\/span> the<\/span> Kremlin<\/span> advances<\/span> its<\/span> second-year<\/span> invasion<\/span> of<\/span> Ukraine.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Among<\/span> other<\/span> things,<\/span> sanctions<\/span> deny<\/span> people<\/span> and<\/span> companies<\/span> access<\/span> to<\/span> property<\/span> and<\/span> financial<\/span> assets<\/span> held<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> United<\/span> States<\/span> and<\/span> prevent<\/span> US<\/span> companies<\/span> and<\/span> firms<\/span> from<\/span> doing<\/span> business<\/span> with<\/span> them.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Tensions<\/span> between<\/span> the<\/span> US<\/span> and<\/span> Iran<\/span> have<\/span> escalated<\/span> after<\/span> months<\/span> of<\/span> anti-government<\/span> protests.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States on Tuesday announced new sanctions against Iranian companies and individuals accused of procuring equipment for Iran’s drones. The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, working with the FBI, named her four companies in Iran and Turkey and her three individuals. These individuals allegedly purchased equipment including European-made engines […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4975,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[26,276,280,1766,2450,2480,2482],"tags":[2290,2275,2291,2276,2292,2277,2293,2278,2294,2279,2280,2281,2282,2283,2284,2285,2286,2287,2288,2289],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/iran.webp","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4974"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4974"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4974\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4976,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4974\/revisions\/4976"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}