The United States Department of Commerce imposed export sanctions against three companies in Russia, six in China and two in the United Arab Emirate:
- Aerosila Joint Stock Company (Russia);
- Delta-Aero Limited Liability Company (Russia);
- ODK-Star Joint Stock Company (Russia);
- Beijing Anwise Technology Co., Ltd. (China);
- Jiangxi Xintuo Enterprise Co., Ltd. (China);
- LINKZOL (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. (China);
- Shenzhen Jiasibo Technology Co., Ltd. (China);
- SITONHOLY (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. (China);
- Xi’an Like Innovative Information Technology Co., Ltd (China);
- Khalaj Trading Limited Liability Company (UAE);
- Mahdi Khalaj Amirhosseini (UAE).
According to a statement from the department, these companies were determined by the U.S. Government to be acting against the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States.
Most of them were linked to Iranian and Russian end-users. For example, three Russian companies and Chinese Shenzhen Jiasibo Technology Co., Ltd. found a network for procuring aerospace components, including dual-use components for UAV applications, for the Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company (HESA) in Iran.
HESA has been under American sanctions since 2008 and currently produces UAVs, called Shahed, which have been used in attacks on oil tankers in the Middle East.
