The United States of America announced the imposition of new sanctions on 7 individuals, entities and ships linked to a network of smuggling and purchasing materials and components used in manufacturing weapons for the Houthi group in Yemen, enabling it to continue its naval attacks against international shipping lanes in the region.

The US Treasury Department said in a press statement yesterday, Wednesday, that its Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) “imposed new sanctions targeting one individual and three companies, who are major customers and suppliers in Iran and China, who enabled the Houthi terrorist group to obtain... Military materials and components necessary to manufacture, maintain, and deploy advanced missiles and drones that threaten the interests of the United States and our allies.”

The statement added that the sanctions also included one entity linked to illicit Houthi and Iranian commercial shipments, and two ships belonging to this entity, including a ship that transported shipments on behalf of the group’s financial facilitator network, Saeed Al-Jamal, and a company affiliated with the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces.< /p>

Acting Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, Bradley T. Smith, noted that the Houthis rely on global supply chains and illicit revenue generation to support their reckless attacks against commercial ships in vital waterways, their unarmed crews, and civilian populations, adding: “We will continue to target Those who support the group's attempts to destabilize regional peace and security, and threaten innocent lives and freedom of navigation."

The statement explained that the sanctions included Hassan Ahmed Hassan Muhammad Al-Kahlani, who resides in Iran and who coordinates, conceals and transfers Iranian military aid to the Houthis, and the companies “Shenzhen Rayon,” “Shenzhen Jinjun,” and “Shenzhen Buyue” with their headquarters in China, which It facilitated the transportation of multiple shipments of military components used in weapons production, in addition to the Marshall Islands-based Gemini Marine company and its two oil tankers, Frunze and Izumo, which participated in transporting petroleum products for the network of the group’s sanctioned financial officer, Saeed El Gamal.

Under the sanctions, all property and interests of the above-mentioned individuals, and any entities directly or indirectly owned by them by 50% or more, individually or with other blocked persons, that are in the United States or in the possession or control of US persons will be blocked. , and reporting it to the Office of Foreign Assets Control.