WASHINGTON — The U.S. on Wednesday imposed sanctions on a gaggle of individuals and corporations primarily based in Iran, China, Hong Kong and Venezuela, tied to the event of Iran’s ballistic missile and drone applications.

The penalties come because the United Nations’ restrictions on Iran missile-related actions beneath a Security Council Resolution are set to run out, in addition to the E.U. restrictions on Iran’s means to acquire nuclear and standard arms.

Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned 11 individuals, eight entities, and one vessel for having allegedly supported Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard, Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics of their manufacturing and proliferation of missiles and drones.

Included within the sanctions are Iran-based gear corporations and their administrators, a Hong Kong-based distributor of digital parts a number of Iranian officers together with the Defense Attaché in Venezuela, Jaber Reihani and the overall cargo vessel PARNIA, which has been used for protection cargo exports.

Despite the pending expiration of the U.N. decision, the United States is dedicated to countering Iran’s procurement, growth, and proliferation of missiles, drones and different navy weapons, in accordance with a Treasury assertion.

Brian Nelson, Treasury’s beneath secretary for terrorism and monetary intelligence mentioned Iran’s “reckless choice to continue its proliferation of destructive UAVs and other weapons prolongs numerous conflicts in regions around the world.”

The U.S. will proceed to take motion to disrupt Iran’s proliferation of UAVs and different weapons to oppressive regimes and destabilizing actors, and we encourage the worldwide group to do the identical.”

Among different issues, the sanctions deny the individuals and corporations entry to any property or monetary property held within the U.S. and stop U.S. corporations and residents from doing enterprise with them.

President Joe Biden’s administration maintains that Iran is offering Russia with drones and supplies to construct a drone manufacturing plant east of Moscow as President Vladimir Putin’s authorities invades Ukraine.

“We are against the war in Ukraine,” President Raisi mentioned in June as he met with media executives on the sidelines of the world’s premier world convention, the high-level leaders’ assembly on the U.N. General Assembly.

Tensions between the U.S. and Iran stay excessive, regardless of the discharge of 5 American detainees from Iran in September in trade for the discharge of almost $6 billion in frozen Iranian property.

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