The US Defense Department used components found at the scene to identify the drone used in a November 2022 attack on a tanker as an Iranian Shahed-136 as shown in this handout photo from the department © - / DVIDS/AFP
Reuters: U.S. sanctions China-based network accused of supplying Iran drone maker
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on a China-based network over accusations it has shipped aerospace parts to an Iranian company involved in the production of drones that Tehran has used to attack oil tankers and exported to Russia.
The U.S. Treasury Department targeted five companies and one person in the network for selling and shipping thousands of aerospace components, including those that can be used for drones, to the Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company.
The company, known as HESA, has been involved in producing the Shahed-136 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) model that Iran has used to attack oil tankers and exported to Russia, the U.S. Treasury said in a statement.
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WNU Editor: The US is also sanctioning Iran's banking and petro-chemical industries .... New US Sanctions Target Iranian Petroleum, Petrochemical Trade (VOA/Reuters). More here .... US targets 'shadow banking' network helping Iran evade sanctions (Reuters), and here .... US sanctions 39 entities over alleged ‘shadow banking’ for Iran (Al Jazeera).
Update: China has responded .... Beijing Condemns US Sanctions On Chinese Firms For Alleged Support Of Iran's Drone Program (UrduPoint).
US Sanctions Chinese Companies For Supplying Parts In Iranian Drones
U.S. targets Iran with slew of new sanctions over drones, evasion network -- UPI
US blacklists Chinese firms supplying drone parts to Iran -- RFI
US sanctions Chinese network that sold drone components to Iran, says UAVs were used by Russia in Ukraine -- FOX News
US sanctions Iran’s China-based drone procurement network -- Jerusalem Post
U.S. slaps sanctions on Chinese companies for helping Iran produce drones -- Ukrinform
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Just an accusation is sufficient for the US these days. What a loser of empire in the decline.
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