US imposes new sanctions against Russia over its acquisition and use of Iranian drones

This was stated by John Kirby, the strategic communications coordinator of the White House Security Council, during a telephone briefing on Friday, Ukrinform reports.

"Today we are announcing the introduction of sanctions against three Russian institutions that were at the forefront of the process of acquiring and using Iranian drones," the White House representative noted.

Kirby clarified that this list includes, in particular, the Russian Aerospace Forces as a beneficiary of the Russian-Iranian agreement on the transfer of drones.  In addition, the 924th Russian State Unmanned Aviation Center, which sent its personnel to Iran for training on Iranian UAVs, and the Command of the Military Transport Aviation are included in the list of sanctions.

At the same time, according to Kirby, the US is evaluating the possibility of introducing export restrictions against Iran in order to stop Tehran’s access to relevant technologies.