{"id":102596,"date":"2022-03-31T07:03:35","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T12:03:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/?p=102596"},"modified":"2022-03-31T07:03:35","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T12:03:35","slug":"us-sanctions-irans-missile-developers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/en\/2022\/03\/31\/us-sanctions-irans-missile-developers\/","title":{"rendered":"US Sanctions Iran\u2019s Missile Developers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-102597 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/navy-drill-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/navy-drill-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/navy-drill-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/navy-drill.jpg 600w, https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/navy-drill-24x16.jpg 24w, https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/navy-drill-36x24.jpg 36w, https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/navy-drill-48x32.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>VOA \u2014 The United States on Wednesday announced sanctions on five Iranians and several Iranian entities it said were involved in the country\u2019s ballistic missile program.<\/p>\n<p>The sanctions specifically target the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Research and Self Sufficiency Jihad Organization, which is responsible for the research and development of ballistic missiles, the Treasury Department said.<\/p>\n<p>Also targeted was Iran\u2019s Parchin Chemical Industries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have taken this action following Iran\u2019s recent missile attack on Irbil, Iraq, as well as missile attacks by Iranian proxies against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates,\u201d U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement. \u201cThese attacks are a reminder that Iran\u2019s development and proliferation of ballistic missiles pose a serious threat to regional and international security.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brian Nelson, undersecretary of the treasury for terrorism and financial intelligence, said the move was aimed at preventing Iran from developing advanced missiles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile the United States continues to seek Iran\u2019s return to full compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action [which restricted Iran\u2019s nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief], we will not hesitate to target those who support Iran\u2019s ballistic missile program. We will also work with other partners in the region to hold Iran accountable for its actions, including gross violations of the sovereignty of its neighbors,\u201d he said in a statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VOA \u2014 The United States on Wednesday announced sanctions on five Iranians and several Iranian entities it said were involved in the country\u2019s ballistic missile program. The sanctions specifically target the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Research and Self Sufficiency Jihad Organization, which is responsible for the research and development of ballistic missiles, the Treasury Department [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":102597,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recposts"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.2","language":"en","enabled_languages":["fa","en"],"languages":{"fa":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"en":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102596"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102599,"href":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102596\/revisions\/102599"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}