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US Sanctions Remaining Parts of Iran’s Aviation Sector in Latest Move to Isolate Tehran

From PBS NewsHour · () English

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  • The Trump administration imposed sanctions on 36 entities linked to Iran’s aviation sector, including commercial and private airlines and foreign cargo providers.
  • Washington said the entities supported the movement of weapons, personnel and illicit cargo, and warned foreign firms doing business with them could face penalties.
  • Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi criticized the sanctions campaign, calling its effects disastrous for the United States’ global standing.

The Trump administration has expanded sanctions against Iran’s aviation sector, targeting more than two dozen airlines and foreign cargo-service providers in its latest attempt to isolate Tehran from remaining trading partners.

The measures target 36 entities and form part of what the administration calls Operation Economic Outcast. Washington says the campaign aims to sever “critical financial lifelines” to Iran’s heavily sanctioned government. The new penalties cover what the administration described as the remaining parts of Tehran’s already beleaguered aviation network.

Let this be a warning to anyone doing business with Iran’s remaining airlines, all of which we sanctioned today: You are at risk of being cut off from the global financial system.

· Scott BessentThe US Treasury secretary warned companies and governments that conduct business with the sanctioned Iranian aviation entities.

“Let this be a warning to anyone doing business with Iran’s remaining airlines, all of which we sanctioned today: You are at risk of being cut off from the global financial system,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a press release. The sanctions can also affect foreign companies and governments that do business with the targeted entities, including through the freezing of assets held in US jurisdictions.

After failing to achieve its aims through sanctions or war, Washington’s ‘novel’ solution is…more sanctions. Seriously?

· Abbas AraghchiIran’s foreign minister criticized the expansion of the US sanctions campaign in a post on X.

The administration accused the sanctioned entities of helping Iran use aviation to move weapons, personnel and illicit cargo. It also said private companies in Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Kazakhstan and Malaysia had provided parts and logistics services to Mahan Air. The airline has faced US counterterrorism sanctions since 2019 over alleged support for Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, which the State Department designates as a foreign terrorist organization. The United States first sanctioned Mahan Air in 2011.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi criticized the latest action in a post on X. “After failing to achieve its aims through sanctions or war, Washington’s ‘novel’ solution is…more sanctions. Seriously?” he wrote, adding that the sanctions’ fallout “has been disastrous for America, including its standing worldwide.” The new measures follow US penalties against a Turkish bank accused of helping transfer Iranian oil revenue from China to Turkey, where it could be converted into cash and gold.

has been disastrous for America, including its standing worldwide.

· Abbas AraghchiAraghchi described the broader consequences he attributed to the longstanding US sanctions campaign against Iran.
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