OFAC targets Iran's Mahan Air Network and IRGC-linked front company

OFAC imposed blocking sanctions on one individual ( in China) and five entities (one in Russia, one in Iran, and two in China, and one in India) under it counter-terrorism sanctions program for supporting Mahan Air's global sales network and the IRGC's military targeting operations. The action targets general sales agents that provided sales, logistics, and travel coordination services enabling Mahan Air's role in transporting IRGC-Qods Force personnel and facilitating Iran's procurement and transport of unmanned aerial vehicle systems and weapons, as well as an IRGC-affiliated front company that used a website to solicit the locations of American and Israeli equipment and received strike requests for U.S. targets in the Middle East.