Britain yesterday imposed sanctions on an Iranian drone maker and a range of other foreign businesses, accusing them of supplying Russian forces with weapons and components for use against Ukraine.
Britain, the US and the EU have imposed a range of sanctions since last February to punish Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.
The British government set out 25 new sanctions on individuals and businesses in Iran, Türkiye, Belarus, Slovakia, Switzerland and the UAE, as well as Russia.
“Today’s landmark sanctions will further diminish Russia’s arsenal and close the net on supply chains propping up (President) Putin’s now struggling defence industry,” British foreign minister James Cleverly said.
Iranian drone maker Paravar Pars and seven of its executives, already subject to US sanctions announced in February, and two Türkiye-based exporters of microelectronics, Azu International and Turkik Union, were among those targeted by Britain. The sanctions prohibit British entities from providing trust services to those sanctioned and also impose asset freezes, which block their assets held in Britain.