The United States imposed sanctions on Wednesday on two networks it says helped boost Iran’s nuclear programme and evade U.S. and international sanctions to benefit Tehran’s government and military, the Treasury Department said, Reuters reports.
One of the networks used a Hong Kong-based front company to avoid sanctions and target U.S. technology and components on behalf of people tied to Iran’s government and its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the U.S. Treasury Department said in a statement.
The other network obtained aluminium alloy products controlled by the Nuclear Suppliers Group, a body that oversees the export of goods that can be used for nuclear weapons manufacturing, on behalf of companies owned or controlled by Iran’s defence ministry, the department said.
The U.S. Treasury Department also slapped sanctions on individuals connected to the two networks.
