
The United States has imposed sanctions on several entities and individuals, including a deputy commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and a member of the Houthi militant group. Among those targeted are firms registered in Hong Kong and the Marshall Islands, as well as two ships involved in transporting Iranian commodities.
Iranian official Mohammad Reza Falahzadeh and Houthi group member Ibrahim al-Nashiri were both hit with sanctions. The Hong Kong-registered Kohana Co. Ltd. and Marshall Islands-registered Iridescent Co. Ltd., which own the Panama-flagged vessel Kohana, were also designated for sanctions. The U.S. alleges that the Kohana has transported over $100 million in Iranian commodities to businesses in China on behalf of Iran’s Ministry of Defense.