Iran sanctions US and British leaders and companies over their ties to Israel

The Iranian government on Thursday announced a series of sanctions against leaders and companies from the United States and Britain, mostly related to defense issues, in retaliation for the two countries’ collaboration with Israel and their alleged collusion on “serious” humanitarian issues. human rights violations” in the Gaza Strip. In the case of the United States, Tehran named the companies Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics, Skydio, Chevron and Kharon, for supplying weapons to Israel, supporting the exploitation of natural resources or collaborating in the financial repression of Hamas, a group that controlling Israel. The people include military commanders such as the Commander of the Indonesian Navy’s Fifth Fleet, Brad Cooper, and the Head of Special Operations Command, Bryan P. Fenton, as well as advisor to former President Donald Trump, Jason Greenblatt, for his relations with Israel, Iran’s official agency reported. Meanwhile, in the UK case, Iran’s Foreign Ministry added the British Defense Minister, Grant Shapps, and senior Armed Forces officials to the ‘blacklist’, while the company was among five entities hit by military base sanctions. in Cyprus and a ship related to its recent deployment in the Red Sea The penalties imply restrictions on any ties with those people and entities, as well as a freeze on any assets they may have under Iranian sovereignty, which is not the case. must have a practical impact.

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