Overview
- The Treasury’s OFAC designated ten individuals and entities in Iran and Venezuela under Executive Orders 13382 and 13949 for supporting UAV transfers and missile-related procurement.
- Targets include Venezuela’s Empresa Aeronautica Nacional SA and its chairman Jose Jesus Urdaneta Gonzalez for acquiring and assembling Iranian-designed Mohajer-series drones, which Washington says involved sales worth millions of dollars.
- Iran-based actors were cited for seeking chemicals used in ballistic missile propellants, including sodium perchlorate, sebacic acid and nitrocellulose, for Parchin Chemical Industries, alongside entities tied to RFKA-linked defense networks.
- The measures freeze any U.S.-linked assets of those designated and generally prohibit transactions by U.S. persons, with Treasury warning that foreign facilitators could face secondary sanctions.
- Officials said Iran’s provision of conventional weapons to Caracas threatens U.S. interests in the Western Hemisphere, as the action follows earlier nonproliferation designations and comes after Trump warned of further strikes if Iran rebuilds prohibited programs, prompting Iranian warnings of a harsh response.