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Shafaq News – Washington/Tehran
On Thursday, the US Department of the Treasury imposed
sanctions on five entities and one individual linked to Iran’s drone
development efforts.
According to the department’s statement, the targeted
parties collaborated with Iran’s Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company
(HESA), which develops military aircraft and the secretive “Ababil”
unmanned aerial vehicles.
The sanctions hit “Control Afzar Tabriz,” managed
by Javad Alizadeh Hoshyar in Iran, “Clifton” in Hong Kong,
“Mechatron” in Taiwan, “Goomars” in China, and its
subsidiary, “Changzhou Goomars.” All were penalized for cooperating
with Control Afzar Tabriz.
Today, Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is sanctioning a global network for procuring technology in support of Iran’s military. The network supports a state-owned entity that manufactures Iran’s military aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles, which the Islamic…
— Treasury Department (@USTreasury) July 31, 2025
Earlier, the US Treasury imposed what it called the most
sweeping sanctions on Iran since 2018, targeting an extensive oil shipping
network accused of financing destabilizing operations in Iran and Russia.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent described the 115 new
sanctions as the largest since the Trump-era maximum pressure campaign, framing
them as a move to disrupt regime elites while protecting US national security.