Signal US Treasury sanctions multinational network supporting Iran's Mahan Air and IRGC

Summary

The US Treasury Department imposed sanctions on six entities and individuals located in China, India, Russia and Iran for allegedly supporting Iran's Mahan Air and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The sanctioned parties are accused of acting as sales agents for Mahan Air and assisting with procurement of weapons and drone systems as well as military training support. Among those sanctioned is an Iranian front company called DadeNegar Startup Studio. That company is accused of collecting location data on US and Israeli assets in the Middle East to support IRGC military targeting. The action reflects a geographically dispersed, multinational sanctions-evasion network being targeted across four countries simultaneously.