The United States on Tuesday put new trade restrictions on seven Iranian entities for producing drones that Russia has used to attack Ukraine, Reuters writes, citing the U.S. Department of Commerce.
These are the following companies and organizations:
- Design and Manufacturing of Aircraft Engines,
- Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force,
- Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Research and Self-Sufficiency Jihad Organization,
- Oje Parvaz Mado Nafar Company,
- Paravar Pars Company,
- Qods Aviation Industry,
- Shahed Aviation Industries.
The firms and other organizations were added to the U.S. export control list.
The additions to the Commerce Department's "entities list" were posted in a preliminary filing in the U.S. Federal Register, the government's daily journal, and will be officially published on Wednesday, Reuters reports.
At the same time, Iran's mission to the UN in New York stated: "Sanctions have no effect on Iran's drone production capacity because its drones are all produced domestically. This is a strong indication that the drones shot down in Ukraine and using parts made by Western countries don't belong to Iran."
Since Russia launched its war against Ukraine in February 2022, the United States and over 30 other countries have sought to degrade its military and defence industrial base by using export controls to restrict its access to technology, the news agency notes.