The United States sanctioned an Iranian chemical engineering and research group and with its director over their participation in the country’s chemical weapons program.
The announcement came on Thursday by the US Treasury and State Department. It has designated Shahid Meisami Group along with its director, Mehran Babri.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo explained in a statement that the group is controlled by the Iranian Organization of Defensive Innovation and Research, which the United States designated under the same executive order in 2014.
"As a part of SPND, Shahid Meisami Group engaged in activities raising concerns regarding Iran's obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention, including SPND projects for which it was responsible involving the testing and production of chemical agents for use as so-called incapacitation agents," Pompeo said. "Babri was being designated today for acting on behalf of Shahid Meisami Group."
The latest sanctions enforced also bar US citizens from doing business with them.
