On May 14, 2025, the U.S. Department of State announced sanctions targeting entities and individuals, primarily in China and Hong Kong, for supporting Iran’s ballistic missile program. These measures address Iran’s reliance on Chinese entities to procure carbon fiber, precursors, and manufacturing equipment critical to its missile development, facilitated through Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) sub-organizations. Authorized under Executive Order 13382 and President Trump’s National Security Presidential Memorandum-2, the sanctions aim to disrupt Iran’s destabilizing activities in the Middle East by targeting proliferators of weapons of mass destruction and their supporters. The U.S. remains committed to using all available tools to curb Iran’s missile program and mitigate threats to regional stability and U.S. allies.
Imposing Sanctions on China- and Iran-based Entities and Individuals that Support Iran’s Ballistic Missile Program
Today, the United States is sanctioning entities and individuals primarily based in China and Hong Kong for their support to Iran’s ballistic missile program. Iran remains heavily reliant on China to conduct its malign activities in the Middle East. This is another example of how the CCP and China-based companies provide key economic and technical support to Iran and its proxies driving regional instability and threatening U.S. partners and allies.
Specifically, these entities and individuals are supporting Iran’s efforts to indigenize the manufacturing of carbon fiber for use in Iran’s ballistic missile program. These entities and individuals support the supply of carbon fiber, its precursors, and carbon fiber manufacturing equipment to the various Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) sub-organizations that oversee this effort, including U.S.-designated IRGC Aerospace Force Research and Self Sufficiency Jihad Organization (IRGC ASF RSSJO) and IRGC Research and Self Sufficiency Jehad Organization (IRGC RSSJO).
Today’s action is part of President Trump’s National Security Presidential Memorandum-2, which employs maximum pressure to curtail Iran’s ballistic missile program and disrupt, degrade, and deny the IRGC and its terrorist proxies the resources necessary to sustain their destabilizing activities.
The United States will use all available means, including sanctions on entities based in third countries, to expose and disrupt Iran’s schemes to procure equipment and items supporting its ballistic missile program, which destabilizes the Middle East and beyond.
The Department of Treasury’s action was taken pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13382, which targets proliferators of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and their supporters.
Press Statement
Tammy Bruce, Department Spokesperson
May 14, 2025
Sources: STATE.gov , Midtown Tribune
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