US Sanctions Over Dozen Corporations, 3 From India, For Commerce With Iran

“Sahara Thunder has entered into time-charter contracts with India-based Zen Delivery.”

Washington:

The USA slapped on Thursday sanctions on over a dozen firms, people and vessels, together with three from India, for facilitating illicit commerce and UAV transfers on behalf of the Iranian army.

The US Division of Treasury mentioned these firms, people and vessels have performed a central position in facilitating and financing the clandestine sale of Iranian unmanned aerial autos (UAVs) to Russia’s struggle in Ukraine.

Whereas Sahara Thunder has been recognized as the primary entrance firm that oversees Iran’s industrial actions in help of those efforts, the three India-based firms to have been slapped with sanctions for supporting Sahara Thunder are Zen Delivery, Port India Non-public Restricted, and Sea Artwork Ship Administration (OPC) Non-public Restricted.

Iranian army entity Sahara Thunder depends on an enormous transport community concerned within the sale and cargo of Iranian commodities on behalf of Iran’s Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL) to a number of jurisdictions together with the Folks’s Republic of China (PRC), Russia, and Venezuela, the Treasury mentioned.

“Sahara Thunder has entered into time-charter contracts with India-based Zen Delivery and Port India Non-public Restricted for the Cook dinner Islands-flagged vessel CHEM (IMO 9240914), which is managed and operated by UAE-based Protected Seas Ship Administration FZE,” it mentioned.

“Sahara Thunder has used the CHEM to conduct a number of shipments of commodities since 2022. Iran-based Arsang Protected Buying and selling Co. has supplied ship administration companies in help of a number of Sahara Thunder-related shipments, together with these by the CHEM,” the Treasury mentioned.

In accordance with the Treasury, Iran-based Asia Marine Crown Company has served because the port agent in Bandar Abbas, Iran supporting a number of Sahara Thunder shipments.

“India-based Sea Artwork Ship Administration (OPC) Non-public Restricted and UAE-based firm Trans Gulf Company LLC have labored collectively to offer ship administration companies in help of Sahara Thunder. The UAE and Iran-based Coral Buying and selling EST. have bought Iranian commodities from Sahara Thunder,” it mentioned.

“Iran’s Ministry of Defence continues to destabilise the area and world with its help to Russia’s struggle in Ukraine, unprecedented assault on Israel, and proliferation of UAVs and different harmful army {hardware} to terrorist proxies,” mentioned Underneath Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Monetary Intelligence Brian E. Nelson.

“The USA, in shut coordination with our British and Canadian companions, will proceed to make use of all means obtainable to fight those that would finance Iran’s destabilising actions,” he mentioned.

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