The U.S. federal government on Thursday designated six entities and individuals in China, India, Russia, and Iran for their support of the sanctioned Iranian airline Mahan Air and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) targeted companies acting as general sales agents for Mahan Air and an IRGC-affiliated front company.
The Treasury said Mahan Air, though portrayed as a civilian carrier, has long assisted the IRGC by providing travel services for IRGC-Qods Force personnel, facilitating military training, and supporting Iran’s procurement and transport of unmanned aerial vehicle systems and weapons….
US Sanctions Global Network Supporting Iran’s Mahan Air and IRGC
