Overview
- The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control added seven individuals and companies to its sanctions list in a July 15 action that blocks U.S.‑linked property and triggers reporting obligations for U.S. persons.
- Named targets include Behrouz Namazi, the head of Tehran’s Nika Jet, Nigeria‑based Vanguard Tactical Supply Limited, Milan‑based Dounia Ettaib, Moscow‑linked Avratek OOO and its finance lead Mariya Vladimirovna Selina, and employee Vadim Anatolyevich Druzhbin.
- OFAC said the actors used aviation firms, transport intermediaries and financial conduits to obtain aircraft parts, drone components and other materiel for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and cited Executive Order 13382 as the legal basis for the action.
- The designations block property, expose violators to civil and criminal penalties, and warn foreign banks that facilitating transactions could lead to secondary sanctions and account restrictions in the United States.
- Officials framed the move as part of a stepped‑up campaign that followed May–June procurement designations and a July 10 targeting of a Dubai financier, a policy mix that analysts say will raise compliance costs for shippers and banks and could drive Tehran toward more covert channels.