WASHINGTON: The United States on Thursday sanctioned five Iranian-based entities it said were owned or controlled by an industrial firm responsible for developing and producing Iran’s solid-propellant ballistic missiles.
“These sanctions target key entities involved in Iran’s ballistic missile program, which the Iranian regime prioritizes over the economic well-being of the Iranian people,” US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a statement.
The Treasury Department said the five sanctioned entities — the Shahid Eslami Research Center, Shahid Kharrazi Industries, Shahid Moghaddam Industries, Shahid Sanikhani Industries and Shahid Shustari Industries — were subordinated to the Shahid Bakeri Industrial Group.
The sanctions freeze any property the entities hold in the United States and prohibit Americans from dealing with them.
Iranian-backed Houthi militia in Yemen fired two missiles toward Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh last year.
US sanctions five entities tied to Iran’s missiles program
US sanctions five entities tied to Iran’s missiles program
Thousands of refugees return home to Syria from Lebanon after Israeli strikes
- Jousieh border crossing in Homs province becomes a busy point of entry as growing numbers of Syrians return amid escalating regional conflict
- Authorities report that traffic between Syria and Lebanon is flowing without any disruptions
LONDON: Thousands of refugees living in Lebanon have returned to their native Syria since Saturday, as Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon intensify amid tensions over the US-Israeli conflict against Iran, and Hezbollah rocket attacks on northern Israel.
Raed Al-Saleh, Syria’s disaster management and emergency response minister, said the Jousieh border crossing between Qaa in Lebanon and Qusair in Syria’s Homs province has become a busy entry point as growing numbers of Syrians return.
Elsewhere, Syrian Civil Defense teams, working under the Emergency and Disaster Management Ministry, implemented a humanitarian-response plan at the Jdeidet Yabous border crossing between rural Damascus and Masnaa as large numbers of people arrived from Lebanon.
Authorities said that traffic between Syria and Lebanon was flowing without disruptions, the Syrian Arab News Agency reported.
Israel has attacked several targets in Lebanon, including Beirut, after a missile fired from southern Lebanon hit northern Israel on Monday.
Currently, 532,357 Syrian refugees are registered with the UN Human Rights Council. However, the Lebanese government estimates the true number who fled the civil war in Syria, which began in 2011 and ended with the collapse of the Assad regime in December 2024, is about 1.12 million.
