OFAC Sanctions Iranian UAV, Missile Equipment Procurement Network
The Office of Foreign Assets Control this week sanctioned four entities and three people in Iran and Turkey for procuring equipment for Iran’s drone and weapons programs. The designations target Farazan Industrial Engineering, a company that has tried to buy…
tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of European turbine engines for Iran’s unmanned aerial vehicles and missiles, and its managing director Amanallah Paidar. Also sanctioned were Iran’s Defense Technology and Science Research Center; Murat Bukey, a procurement agent; Ozone Havacilik Ve Savunma Sanayi Ticaret Anonim Sirketi, which facilitates Bukey’s business with Iran; Asghar Mahmoudi, who has provided marine electronics to Iran; and Selin Technic, used as a front company by Mahmoudi.