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and Individuals in Response to Iran’s Transfer of Military UAVs to Russia
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IMPOSING SANCTIONS ON ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS IN RESPONSE TO IRAN’S TRANSFER OF
MILITARY UAVS TO RUSSIA
Press Statement
Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State
November 15, 2022
Today we are imposing sanctions in response to Iran’s support of Russia’s
unprovoked war against Ukraine, including Tehran’s transfer of unmanned aerial
vehicles (UAVs) to Russia, which are being used by Moscow to strike civilian
infrastructure and cities.
The Departments of State and the Treasury are designating a total of three
Iranian entities, including those manufacturing and delivering the UAVs supplied
by Iran to Russia. The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Aerospace Force,
which likely helped facilitate Iran’s supply of military UAVs to Russia, is
being designated pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 14024 Section
1(a)(ii)(F). Qods Aviation Industries, which produces the Mohajer-6, is also
being designated pursuant to E.O. 14024 Section 1(a)(ii)(F). Shahed Aviation
Industries Research Center, which produces the Shahed-series UAV variants,
including the Shahed-136 one-way attack UAV that Russian forces used in recent
attacks in Kyiv, Odesa, and the Kharkiv region of Ukraine, is being designated
pursuant to Section 1(a)(iii) of E.O. 13382. The European Union and the United
Kingdom sanctioned Shahed Aviation Industries last month.
In addition, Russian individuals and entities are being targeted. The
Department of State is designating Private Military Company (PMC)
Wagner pursuant to E.O. 14024 Section (1)(a)(1)(i) for operating in the defense
and related materiel sector of the Russian Federation economy. PMC Wagner was
previously designated by Treasury in 2017 pursuant to E.O. 13660 for recruiting
and sending soldiers to fight alongside separatists in eastern Ukraine. The
European Union, United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada have also sanctioned PMC
Wagner. Earlier this year, Wagner sought to purchase Iranian UAVs, almost
certainly to support its operations in Ukraine – just one example of Wagner
being used as a low cost, low-risk instrument of the Kremlin to advance its
goals. Treasury also designated two individuals, Abbas Djuma and Tigran
Khristoforovich Srabionov, pursuant to E.O. 14024 for being involved in Wagner’s
acquisition of Iranian UAVs to support combat operations in Ukraine.
Finally, today’s action also includes the designation of third-party entities
involved in the transfer of Iranian UAVs to Russia for use in Ukraine, further
demonstrating that the United States is willing to target international actors
involved in supporting Russia’s war machine. The Department of the Treasury is
designating two entities, UAE-based Success Aviation Services FZC (Success
Aviation) and i Jet Global DMCC (i Jet), pursuant to E.O. 14024. Both Success
Aviation and i Jet collaborated with U.S.-sanctioned Iranian firm Safiran
Airport Services even after it was designated to coordinate flights between Iran
and Russia, including flights for the Russian Airforce as well as those
associated with transporting Iranian UAVs, personnel, and related equipment from
Iran to Russia. The actions against the UAE-based targets are being taken in
cooperation with the UAE government.
The Iranian government’s military support to Russia fuels the conflict in
Ukraine, and its transfer of these UAVs is in clear violation of UN Security
Council resolution 2231. The United States will continue to work to disrupt and
delay these transfers and impose costs on actors engaged in this activity.
For more information on today’s action, please see the Department of the
Treasury’s press release.
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