The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed sanctions on Hong Kong-based companies that had helped to Iran’s ballistic missile and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) programs, including the Shahed-series UAV.
“Iran’s continued proliferation of its advanced conventional weapons, including the UAVs and missiles that target U.S. soldiers”
Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Brian E. Nelson
The following entities have been added to OFAC’s SDN List:
- ADVANTAGE TRADING CO., LIMITED. Shop 185, Ground Floor, Hang Wai Ind. Centre, No. 6 Kin Tai St., Tuen Mun, N.T., Hong Kong, China. That company was used to procure microelectronics and aviation parts with UAV applications.
- CHINA OIL AND PETROLEUM COMPANY LIMITED (COPC). RM702, 7/F Waga Comm Ctr 99, Wellington St. Central, Hong Kong, China. COPC sold hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of Iranian commodities for the benefit of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
- DULING TECHNOLOGY HK LIMITED, Room 4, 16th Floor, Ho King Comm Ctr, 2-16 Fayuen St, Mongkok, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China. The company has facilitated procurements of U.S.- and Western-origin matrix switches, turbine engines, and other items.
- FY INTERNATIONAL TRADING CO., LIMITED. Flat 2002C, 20F, Multifield Commercial Centre, 426 Shanghai Street, Mongkok, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China. The company has facilitated procurements of U.S.- and Western-origin matrix switches, turbine engines, and other items.
- NARIN SEPEHR MOBIN ISATIS. Tehran Pars, Shahid Mahmoudreza Okhovat (123) St, Shahid Ghasem Soleymani Highway, No. 48, 4th Floor, Unit 14, Tehran, Iran.
Besides, OFAC has sanctioned six officials in the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Cyber-Electronic Command, an Iranian government organization responsible for a series of malicious cyber activities against cinfrastructure in the US and other countries.
The following individuals have been added to OFAC’s SDN List:
- HOMAYUNFAL, Hamid. DOB 14 Feb 1987; nationality Iran; Gender Male.
- LASHGARIAN, Hamid Reza. Iran; DOB 21 Mar 1961; nationality Iran; Gender Male.
- LASHGARIAN, Mahdi. Iran; DOB 02 Jun 1989; nationality Iran; Gender Male.
- MANSURI, Milad. Iran; DOB 11 Sep 1989; nationality Iran; Gender Male.
- SABERIAN, Reza Mohammad Amin. Iran; DOB 01 Feb 1980; nationality Iran; Gender Male.
- SHIRINKAR, Mohammad Bagher. Iran; DOB 21 Sep 1979; nationality Iran.
