The US Treasury on Wednesday placed two Iranian business groups on its sanctions blacklist, saying both were important suppliers of Tehran's missile program and facilitators of its alleged proliferation activities, AFP reports.

The Treasury, working with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, said the "Dehghan Network" of Hamed Dehghan and Hadi Dehghan, had procured and supplied "military-grade electronic components" to an Iranian engineering company that works with the military and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.


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