US Targets Iran-Russia Military Supply Network With New Sanctions

The United States has imposed sanctions on three entities in Iran and Russia that it says have supported Iran’s military procurement and the movement of weapons and related military equipment, as Washington steps up efforts to restrict Tehran’s access to military supplies.

The US Department of State designated Russia-based aircraft manufacturer Joint Stock Company Experimental Design Bureau Named After A.S. Yakovlev and shipping company MG-FLOT, alongside Iran-based Saha Airlines, under Executive Order 13949, which targets activities linked to Iran’s conventional arms programmes. The Treasury Department separately sanctioned 10 individuals and entities involved in procuring weapons and components for Iran’s Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics.

The State Department said the latest measures coincide with the one-year anniversary of the reimposition of United Nations sanctions and restrictive measures on Iran. Over the past year, Washington said it has introduced dozens of sanctions, worked with representatives from 40 countries to strengthen enforcement and provided updated identifying information on sanctioned entities to help companies implement the restrictions.

The measures form part of Operation Economic Outcast, a US campaign targeting procurement networks and financial and commercial channels that Washington says support Iran’s military programmes. The Treasury Department has also taken a series of recent actions against Iran’s aviation and financial networks under the operation.

Yakovlev was targeted over its role in producing Yak-130 advanced trainer aircraft. According to the State Department, Russia delivered Yak-130 aircraft to Iran beginning in late 2023 and supplied additional equipment associated with the aircraft in November and December 2025. Washington said Russia has now delivered nearly all of the 24 aircraft reportedly contracted by Iran.

MG-FLOT was sanctioned over the movement of military equipment between Iran and Russia. The State Department said vessels linked to the company were involved in transferring close-range ballistic missiles from Iran to Russia in 2024. It also cited the late-2025 shipment of Iranian air-defence vehicles and related equipment to Russia aboard the Russian-flagged vessel Kompozitor Rakhmaninov.

Saha Airlines, which is affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force, was targeted over what the State Department described as efforts to transport arms and related military equipment. The airline had already been sanctioned by the Treasury Department on September 8 as part of a wider action against Iran’s aviation sector.

The sanctions block the designated entities’ property and interests in property under US jurisdiction and prohibit US persons from conducting transactions involving them unless authorised or exempted. The restrictions also extend to entities owned 50 percent or more, directly or indirectly, by blocked persons.

The State Department said the Treasury Department was simultaneously targeting 10 additional individuals and entities involved in procuring weapons and weapons components for Iran’s Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics, which oversees organisations involved in developing ballistic missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles.

The latest measures come after a series of US sanctions against Iranian military, aviation, financial and procurement networks this month. Treasury has described the campaign as an effort to restrict the resources available to Iran’s military programmes and the networks supporting them.

Source: FSX Business News