Overview
- State designated 17 targets and Treasury’s OFAC named 41 more across multiple jurisdictions, covering entities, individuals, vessels and aircraft tied to Iran’s petroleum trade.
- The package centers on Sepehr Energy Jahan Nama Pars Company, described by U.S. officials as the Iranian military’s oil-sales arm operating front companies and a global ‘shadow fleet.’
- India-linked actions include sanctions on TR6 Petro India LLP for importing over $8 million of Iranian-origin bitumen and on RN Ship Management Private Limited plus directors Zair Husain Iqbal Husain Sayed and Zulfikar Hussain Rizvi Sayed.
- Maritime measures block additional tankers in Iran’s evasion network, including the PIONEER SAM, with vessels flagged in Palau, Panama and the Gambia alleged to use ship-to-ship transfers, AIS manipulation and falsified documents.
- Aviation steps expand penalties on Mahan Air and its Yazd International Airways subsidiary for IRGC-QF support, identify additional aircraft as blocked property, and invoke E.O. 13224, 13846 and 13902 under the NSPM-2 maximum-pressure framework while freezing assets and prohibiting U.S. dealings.