EU Sanctions Iranian Individuals, Entities for Supplying UAVs to Russia
The EU added three Iranian individuals and one Iranian entity to its sanctions regime pertaining to those threatening the territorial sovereignty of Ukraine, the European Council announced Oct. 20. The individuals and entities helped supply unmanned aerial vehicles used by Russia in its war against Ukraine. The parties were subjected to an asset freeze and travel ban.
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The individuals are Mohammad Hossein Bagheri, chief of staff of Iran's Armed Forces; Sayed Hojatollah Qureishi, head of the Supply, Research and Industrial Affairs Division of the Iranian Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics; and Saeed Aghajani, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the council said. The listed entity is Shahed Aviation Industries, an IRGC Aerospace Force-related company responsible for the design and development of the Shahed series of Iranian UAVs.