Sanctions targeted Iranian individuals and companies that facilitated the trade of petroleum and petrochemical products with Iran or supported military action against US forces.
The US State Department implemented sanctions against Iranian military activities, cyber threats, and illicit oil trade, according to a statement from US State Department Spokesperson Tommy Pigott on Monday evening. "Today, the United States took sweeping action against multiple entities, individuals, and vessels enabling the Iranian regime’s destabilizing activities," Pigott said.
"The measures target Iranian military officials responsible for procuring weapons and directing attacks against US servicemembers and regional partners, Iran-based entities that gathered intelligence for targeting US forces and allies, and a procurement ring supplying Iran’s military and missile programs," he added.
"The US will continue to disrupt, expose, and dismantle Iran’s military and proliferation activities, procurement schemes, malicious cyber operations, and illicit oil trade that sustains the regime’s malign behavior." The sanctions targeted two Iran-based groups that were involved in procuring images used to attacks US forces and bases located across the Middle East.
DadeNegar Startup Studio and the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Cyber-Electronic Command (IRGC-CEC) were named in the sanctions package. DadeNegar was sanctioned for supporting the "targeting of US and partner facilities in the Middle East for the Iranian military during Operation Epic Fury." The State Department said DadeNegar used commercial Chinese satellite imagery to support Iran's military in its efforts to target and damage US forces and bases in the region. (Read More)
"The measures target Iranian military officials responsible for procuring weapons and directing attacks against US servicemembers and regional partners, Iran-based entities that gathered intelligence for targeting US forces and allies, and a procurement ring supplying Iran’s military and missile programs," he added.
"The US will continue to disrupt, expose, and dismantle Iran’s military and proliferation activities, procurement schemes, malicious cyber operations, and illicit oil trade that sustains the regime’s malign behavior." The sanctions targeted two Iran-based groups that were involved in procuring images used to attacks US forces and bases located across the Middle East.
DadeNegar Startup Studio and the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Cyber-Electronic Command (IRGC-CEC) were named in the sanctions package. DadeNegar was sanctioned for supporting the "targeting of US and partner facilities in the Middle East for the Iranian military during Operation Epic Fury." The State Department said DadeNegar used commercial Chinese satellite imagery to support Iran's military in its efforts to target and damage US forces and bases in the region. (Read More)
