US Imposes New Sanctions on Iranian Airline, Shipping Networks

A Yemeni airport personnel walks past an airplane of Mahan Air as it sits at the tarmac after landing at Sanaa International Airport in the Yemeni capital on March 1, 2015 a day after officials from the Shiite militia-controlled city signed an aviation agreement with Tehran. Western-backed President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi, who fled last weekend an effective house arrest by the Huthis in Sanaa, slammed the agreement as "illegal," according to an aide. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED HUWAIS Photo credit should read MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP via Getty Images

The Treasury Department on Dec. 11 imposed new sanctions on an Iranian airline as well as an Iranian shipping network involved in smuggling lethal aid to Yemen on behalf of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps-Quds Force (IRGC-QF).

The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) focused on three general sales agents of Mahan Air who were based in the United Arab Emirates and Hong Kong. The airline, which is the biggest carrier in Iran, was targeted for the role it played in weapons of mass destruction proliferation.