OFAC Sanctions Network of People, Companies Involved in Iran UAV Shipments
The Office of Foreign Assets Control this week sanctioned two people and five entities based in Iran, China, Hong Kong, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates for their involvement in procuring sensitive parts for Iran unmanned aerial vehicle program. OFAC said the network has specifically facilitated shipments and financial transactions for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force Self Sufficiency Jihad Organization’s procurement of servomotors, a “critical component” used in Iran’s Shahed-series UAVs. The agency said Iran has been supplying the Shahed-136 UAVs to Russia for its war in Ukraine.
OFAC designated Iran-based Pishgam Electronic Safeh Company (PESC), which has procured thousands of servomotors worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, and Iran-based Hamid Reza Janghorbani, the company’s CEO.
Also sanctioned were Hongkong Himark Electron Model Limited, which has fulfilled several servomotor orders worth more than $1 million for PESC in Iran, and Fan Yang, who represented the company in these sales.
From Turkey, OFAC sanctioned companies Dal Enerji Madencilik Turizm Sanayi Ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi and Anka Port Ic Ve Dis Ticaret INSAAT Lojistik Sanayi Limited Sirketi, which have facilitated hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of financial transactions to support PESC’s servomotor procurement from Himark. OFAC also designated UAE-based Farhad Ghaedi Goods Wholesalers LLC for facilitating the shipment of thousands of servomotors through Dubai for delivery to PESC in Iran.