Days after Iran\u2019s unprecedented and largely unsuccessful bombarding of Israel, the U.S. and U.K. levied additional sanctions on the regime\u2019s manufacturers and sources of materiel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The joint move, made in direct response to the attack, targeted 16 people and two organizations supporting Tehran\u2019s flowering arms industry, according to the Treasury Department. They include those who work on behalf of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and its unmanned aerial vehicle production arm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The economic slap is meant to debase Tehran\u2019s growing source of cash and cachet: weapons. Drones such as the Shahed and Mohajer<\/a>, missiles, and their derivatives have been spotted or reported in the hands of Russian, Sudanese and Houthi forces, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe\u2019re using Treasury\u2019s economic tools to degrade and disrupt key aspects of Iran\u2019s malign activity, including its UAV program and the revenue the regime generates to support its terrorism,\u201d Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in a statement April 18. More than 600 people and entities tied to Iran\u2019s \u201cterrorist activity, its human rights abuses and its financing of Hamas, the Houthis, Hezbollah and Iraqi militia groups\u201d have been dinged in the last three years, she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\t