(Washington Comprehensive News) The U.S. Treasury imposed sanctions on six entities and seven individuals of mainland China, Hong Kong and Iran, because they were suspected of helping Iran to obtain parts and technologies for developing ballistic missiles.
Complex Reuters, Agence France -Presse, and Wall Street Journal reported that Iran showed the official first domestic hypersonic ballistic missile on Tuesday (6th) earlier, which may exacerbate Western countries' concerns about Tehran missile capabilities.Essence
Among the people sanctions by the United States, including the Iranian defense officer Davoud Damghani.The US Treasury Department stated that the military officer was an end user of Iran to coordinate the procurement of parts and technologies for the development of ballistic missiles.These terminal users include subsidiaries of the Iranian Ministry of Defense and the Logistics Department of the Armed Forces, which have been sanctioned by the United States.
The sanctions list is also the Zhejiang light machine industry in China; the United States pointed out that this company sells hundreds of thousands of dollars of centrifuge and other equipment or services through an Iranian agency.The director and an employee of this company are also on the sanctions list.
In addition, Hong Kong ’s Ke Dou International Trade Corporation and the headquarters of Qingdao, located in Qingdao, Shandong, have also been sanctioned.The U.S. Treasury has accused the two companies that sell non -ferrous metals with potential military purposes to Iranian agencies, with a amount of 10 million US dollars.
Iran's United Nations delegation in New York and the Chinese embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to relevant US sanctions.
