OFAC Sanctions CEO, Companies Procuring Military Tech for Iran
The Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned an Iranian business executive and five entities based in Iran, mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan for procuring technology on behalf of Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company, an Iranian state-owned subsidiary of the country's Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics. OFAC said the subsidiary makes military aircraft, including unmanned drones for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
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The designations target Javad Alizadeh Hoshyar, who is the CEO of Iran-based Control Afzar Tabriz Co Ltd., which procures computer numerical control machines and equipment for the Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company. Control Afzar used Hong Kong-based Clifton Trading Limited as an "alternative consignee and intermediary" for some of those shipments, OFAC said, and also used Taiwan-based Mecatron Machinery Co Ltd and Joemars Machinery and Electric Industrial Co Ltd to ship CNC machines and equipment to Iran and "knowingly circumvent sanctions and export controls." OFAC also sanctioned China‑based Changzhou Joemars Industrial Automation Co Ltd, a subsidiary of Joemars Machinery.