The United States sanctioned 10 “entities and individuals” in Iran and Venezuela on Tuesday that support Iran’s drone trade and ballistic missile program, which threaten the U.S. and its allies in the Middle East, the Department of State announced.
State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott said Iran continues to violate United Nations restrictions.
“Iran’s ongoing provision of conventional weapons to [Caracas, Venezuela] is a threat to U.S. interests in our region,” Pigott said.
The sanctions are part of a larger effort by the Trump administration and the U.N. to deny Iran a nuclear weapon and deny the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps access to assets and resources that sustain its destabilizing activities, according to State Department officials….
US Sanctions 10 Companies and Individuals in Iran and Venezuela Over Drone, Missile Trade
