The United States has announced sanctions against seven Iranian entities over the manufacture of drones used by Russia as part of the invasion of Ukraine unleashed nearly a year ago, according to a notice published in the Federal Register.
The U.S. Commerce Department has indicated that the sanctioned list includes «entities about which there are reasonable grounds to believe, based on specific facts, that they have been engaged in, are engaged in, or pose a risk of being engaged in activities contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States.
Thus, it has highlighted that the sanctioned entities are the Revolutionary Guard Aerospace Force, the Organization for Research and Self-Sufficient Jihad of the Revolutionary Guard, Design and Manufacturing of Aircraft Engines, Oje Parvaz Mado Nafar Company, Paravar Pars Company, Qods Aviation Industry and Shahed Aviation Industries.
Iran claimed in December that Ukraine has not presented evidence to back up its allegations of Russia’s use of Iranian-made drones as part of the invasion, unleashed on February 24, 2022 on the orders of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Both Ukraine and the United States have accused Iran of delivering these unmanned drones to Russia for use in the war, although Tehran argues that they were sent before the outbreak of the conflict under their military cooperation agreements.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
