The United States has announced that it is sanctioning Iranian industries that produce ballistic missiles and drones, also known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), which the US says have been used to facilitate Russia’s war in Ukraine.
In a news release on Friday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the sanctions would target seven people in leadership positions at Qods Aviation Industries — an Iranian UAV manufacturer — and Iran’s Aerospace Industries Organization (AIO), which manages the country’s ballistic missile programme.
