US imposes new sanctions to block Iranian rearmament efforts

US Treasury Department sanctions Iran’s weapon suppliers in Turkey, the UAE, and inside of Iran, while also crackdown on funding of pro-Iranian militias in Iraq.

By World Israel News Staff

The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on 14 individuals, entities and aircraft tied to Iranian weapons procurement and transport networks, in what the Treasury Department said was part of its broader “Economic Fury” campaign against Tehran.

The Treasury Department said that the targets, based in Iran, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates, were involved in acquiring or moving weapons and components for the Iranian regime.

In a statement, the Department said the move was aimed at disrupting Iran’s efforts to rebuild military capacity as Washington and its allies work to reduce the regime’s missile stockpiles.

The department said Iran has increasingly relied on Shahed-series attack drones to strike the United States and its allies, including regional energy infrastructure.

“The Iranian regime must be held accountable for its extortion of global energy markets and indiscriminate targeting of civilians with missiles and drones,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said.

“Under President Trump’s leadership, as part of Economic Fury, Treasury will continue to follow the money and target the Iranian regime’s recklessness and those who enable it.”

The Treasury Department said part of the action targeted a procurement network tied to Iran-based Pishgam Electronic Safeh Company, or PESC, which it said had obtained thousands of servomotors later found in downed Shahed-136 drones for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force Self Sufficiency Jihad Organization.

Three men were designated for allegedly helping finance, route or receive those shipments through third-country accounts and a Dubai-linked address.

Another part of the package focused on materials used in ballistic missile production.

The Treasury Department designated Turkey-based Emti Fiber Textile Import Export Trade Limited Company, saying it had completed hundreds of shipments of cotton linters to an Iran-linked company.

According to the Treasury Department, cotton linters can be processed into nitrocellulose, which is used to improve the performance of solid-propellant rocket motors commonly used in ballistic missiles.

The sanctions also targeted figures linked to Adak Pargas Pars Trading Company, which US authorities previously accused of helping procure sodium perchlorate, a precursor used in ballistic missile propellant.

The US designated two board members of the company, Hamidreza Roknifard and Mostafa Roknifard, as part of the new round.

The sanctions also target Mahan Air, an airline which has long supported Iran’s weapons transport and drone procurement activities.

Among those designated were Sepehr Kaveh Kish International Trading Company, which the Treasury Department said owns or controls Mahan Air, senior officials linked to that company, Saman Air Services, Dubai-based Chabok FZCO, and two Boeing 777 aircraft identified as Mahan Air property.

The move came alongside another pressure track aimed at Tehran’s regional network.

According to a Wall Street Journal report, the Trump administration has also blocked nearly $500 million in US dollar shipments to Iraq and suspended some security cooperation programs in a bid to pressure Baghdad to curb Iran-backed militias after attacks on American facilities.