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Apr 21, 2026
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2055 charsU.S. Treasury Sanctions 14 Entities and Individuals Supporting Iranian Missile and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Procurement
On April 21, 2026, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated 14 individuals, entities, and aircraft based in Iran, Türkiye, and the United Arab Emirates for involvement in procuring or transporting weapons or weapons components on behalf of the Iranian regime.
The designations target three primary procurement networks. First, OFAC sanctioned three individuals supporting Pishgam Electronic Safeh Company (PESC), which has procured thousands of servomotors for Shahed-136 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) used by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force. These individuals—Kamal Sabah Balkhkanlu, Mohammad Vahidi, and Danial Khalili—facilitated payments and logistics for PESC's supply chain. Second, OFAC designated Türkiye-based Emti Fiber Textile Import Export Trade Limited Company and Iran-based Adak Pargas Pars Trading Company for supplying ballistic missile propellant precursors, including sodium perchlorate and cotton linters processed into nitrocellulose. Third, OFAC sanctioned multiple individuals and entities connected to Mahan Air, including parent company Sepehr Kaveh Kish International Trading Company, for transporting UAV systems and weapons. OFAC also identified two Mahan Air-operated Boeing 777 aircraft (EP-MTE and EP-MTB) as blocked property.
The action supports "Economic Fury," the Trump administration's initiative to counter Iran's weapons programs and reconstitution efforts following U.S. depletion of Iranian ballistic missile inventories. OFAC acted pursuant to Executive Orders 13382 and 13224, targeting weapons of mass destruction proliferators and terrorist supporters. This represents OFAC's fifth nonproliferation designation round following the September 2025 reimposition of United Nations sanctions on Iran.
All designated property in the United States or controlled by U.S. persons is blocked. U.S. persons are prohibited from transacting with designated entities unless authorized by OFAC. Violations may result in civil or criminal penalties.
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981 charsUS Office of Foreign Assets Control Sanctions Iranian Weapons Procurement Networks
On April 21, 2026, the US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) updated its Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list to sanction 14 individuals and entities for their involvement in procuring or transporting weapons or weapons components on behalf of the Iranian government.
The new designations target three primary procurement networks: the Pishgam Electronic Safeh Company (PESC); Emti Fiber Textile Import-Export Trade Limited Company and Adak Pargas Pars Trading Company; and Mahan Air, including its parent company, Sepehr Kaveh Kish International Trading Company.
According to a news release announcing the designations, they are designed to support the Trump administration's "Economic Fury" initiative to counter Iranian weapons programs.
All property and interests in property of the designated individuals and entities are blocked, and US individuals and entities are generally prohibited from conducting transactions with them unless expressly authorized by OFAC.