{"id":104997,"date":"2026-05-09T08:37:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T08:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/104997\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T08:37:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T08:37:10","slug":"us-sanctions-9-mainland-china-and-hong-kong-entities-over-alleged-iran-military-links","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/104997\/","title":{"rendered":"US sanctions 9 mainland China and Hong Kong entities over alleged Iran military links"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The decision, which risks complicating Donald Trump\u2019s visit to China next week, was announced on Friday by the Treasury and State departments.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">A Treasury Department press release said those targeted were \u201cenabling efforts by Iran\u2019s military to secure weapons\u201d or securing \u201craw materials with applications in Iran\u2019s Shahed\u2011series unmanned aerial vehicles and ballistic missile programme\u201d.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The Chinese embassy in Washington, the foreign ministry and the companies sanctioned have been asked for comment.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The Treasury Department sanctions target five firms and one individual. They include Yushita Shanghai International Trade Company, which is accused of helping Tehran to buy arms.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Meanwhile, Hitex Insulation Ningbo Company is accused of supplying millions of dollars\u2019 worth of materials used in ballistic missile research and flight test launches. Its legal representative, Li Genping, was also sanctioned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The decision, which risks complicating Donald Trump\u2019s visit to China next week, was announced on Friday by the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104998,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[383,36365,262,38,36363,4331,34,36362,49,36367,36366,1330,3769,51,36364],"class_list":{"0":"post-104997","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-iran","8":"tag-beijing","9":"tag-chang-guang-satellite-technology","10":"tag-china","11":"tag-donald-trump","12":"tag-hk-hesin-industry-company","13":"tag-hong-kong","14":"tag-iran","15":"tag-li-genping","16":"tag-middle-east","17":"tag-mustad-limited","18":"tag-shahed-series","19":"tag-state-department","20":"tag-treasury-department","21":"tag-united-states","22":"tag-yushita-shanghai-international-trade-company"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116543713908659233","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104997\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}