Today, following the one-year anniversary of the reimposition of the UN sanctions and restrictive measures on Iran, the Department of State is designating one Iran-based entity and two Russia-based entities involved in facilitating Iran's military procurement efforts and the transport of arms and related materiel to and from Iran, including violations of the renewed UN measures. Over the past year, the United States has worked relentlessly with partners to enforce these restrictions, imposing dozens of new sanctions, convening representatives from 40 countries to strengthen implementation, and submitting updated identifying information on sanctioned entities to support industry implementation.
Under Operation Economic Outcast, the United States is committed to disrupting the procurement efforts of Iran's military programs and denying Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) access to assets and resources that sustain its destabilizing activities. This action underscores the United States' resolve to prevent Iran from reconstituting its proliferation-sensitive programs.
The U.S. Department of State's Rewards for Justice program is authorized under 22 U.S.C. § 2708 to offer a reward for information that disrupts the financial mechanisms of the IRGC, a U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization.
All Department of State sanctions targets are being designated pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13949, which targets certain persons with respect to the conventional arms activities of Iran.
