"Today, in response to Iran’s unprecedented attack on Israel on April 13, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is targeting 16 individuals and two entities enabling Iran’s UAV production, including engine types that power Iran’s Shahed variant UAVs, which were used in the April 13 attack," the department said in a press release.
US President Joe Biden said in a statement that he has directed his team to continue imposing sanctions on Iran to further degrade its military industries.
UK Adds IRGC Navy, Iranian Armed Forces General Staff to Sanctions List
The United Kingdom on Thursday added the general staff of the Iranian armed forces and the navy of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to its sanctions list, according to the updated document.
The UK also added heads of several companies connected with Iranian defense sector to the sanctions list, including Seid Mir Ahmad Nooshin, the director of the Aerospace Industries Organization, and Amir Radfar, the director of Shahid Bagheri Industrial Group.