The United States announces new sanctions against Iran for the attack on Israel

The president of USAJoe Biden, announced this Thursday new sanctions against Willdirected against its Revolutionary Guard and the Ministry of Defense, for the attack against Israel.

Through a statement signed by State Department spokesman Matthew Miller, the US Government explained that it is also targeting the unmanned aerial vehicle program, the steel industry and automobile companies. Will.

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“In response to Iran’s unprecedented attack on Israel, the United States is taking comprehensive action against multiple actors involved in Iran’s unmanned aerial vehicle program, suppliers and customers of one of Iran’s largest steel producers, and automobile companies Iranian women with ties to. U.S“, notes the statement.

The designated entities are the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL).

In total, the Treasury Department imposes sanctions on 16 individuals and two entities that enable the production and testing of Iranian unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as proliferation on actors working on behalf of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, its production division. of unmanned aerial vehicles. , Kimia Part Sivan Company and other Iranian manufacturers of unmanned aerial vehicles and unmanned aerial vehicle engines.

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The Treasury also sanctions five companies that supply component materials for steel production to Iran’s Khuzestan Steel Company (KSC), a US-sanctioned entity, or that purchase finished steel products from KSC.

Additionally, the Treasury sanctions the Iranian automobile manufacturer Bahman Group and three of its subsidiaries, which continued to materially support the IRGC and other sanctioned entities.

Finally, the Commerce Department imposes new controls to restrict Iran’s access to technologies such as basic commercial-grade microelectronics.

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“We will continue to work with our allies and partners to employ the full range of tools at our disposal to address revenue streams and disrupt networks that support the reckless proliferation of weapons in Iran that destabilize the Middle East and beyond,” he said. Miller.

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen announced last Tuesday that the United States and its partners were coordinating a new round of sanctions against Iran for the attack on Israelthe first launched by Tehran directly against Israeli territory.

Several countries had already designated the Revolutionary Guard, a branch of the Iranian Armed Forces created after the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

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In 2019, the United States included the Revolutionary Guard on the blacklist of terrorist groups, while the Government of Canada stated in January this year that it was studying ways to include the Revolutionary Guard on its list of terrorist organizations.

Source: Elcomercio

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