Canada Sanctions More Iran Officials

Canada this week announced another set of sanctions against Iran, designating seven senior military officials, government officials and people working for “state-directed” companies. The officials and people have ties to entities that supply materials to Iran’s “repressive” national Law Enforcement Command or work for companies that make “lethal combat drones” used by Iran’s armed forces to “destabilize the region” or that are sent to Russia for its war against Ukraine, Canada said.

The designations target Ali Akbar Ahmadian, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council; Abdolkarim Bani Tarafi, brigadier general in Iran’s Army and chair of the Iran Aviation Industry Organization; Fatemeh Haghshenas, CEO and board member of Imen Sanat Zaman Fara; Masoumeh Teymouri, chief board member of Imen Sanat Zaman Fara; and three board members of Qods Aviation Industries: Reza Khaki, Majid Reza Niyazi-Angili and Vali Arlanizadeh.