The Treasury and State Departments issued sanctions against 14 individuals and 17 entities linked to the Iran Ministry of Defense’s unit responsible for nuclear weapons development
, senior administration officials said Friday.
Iran’s Organization of Defensive Innovation and Research, also referred to by the acronym SPND, maintains technical experts and critical ties from Iran’s previous nuclear efforts — notably to Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, head of Iran’s pre-2004 nuclear weapons program, officials said.They added that Tehran-based SPND may not currently be working to develop nuclear weapons, but the connections to Iran’s previous nuclear programs increase the threat of the country developing weapons of mass destruction.
The sanctions come amid U.S. efforts to pressure the Iranian regime and prevent the country from developing weapons of mass destruction, almost a year after President Donald Trump withdrew from the Iran Nuclear Deal claiming the international agreement was not doing enough to stop nuclear proliferation.
“Anyone considering dealing with the Iranian defense industry in general, and SPND in particular, risks professional, personal, and financial isolation,” Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a
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