The United States of America announced the imposition of sanctions on a Syrian business group, responsible for generating revenues for the Iranian Quds Force and the Houthi group in Yemen, and financing their destabilizing activities in the region.

The US Treasury Department said in a press statement, Thursday, that its Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) “imposed sanctions on 26 companies, individuals, and ships linked to the Al-Qaterji Company, a Syrian group responsible for generating hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue for the Quds Force.” of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and the Houthis by selling Iranian oil to Syria and China.”

The statement added that the Qaterji Group, based in Syria, which had previously been subjected to sanctions for its role in facilitating the sale of fuel between the Syrian regime and ISIS, “has become one of the main channels through which the Iranian Revolutionary Guard generates huge financial revenues, funded by During which its groups of regional agents, and the expansion of its targeting and fleet of ships, are aimed at preventing the Revolutionary Guard from benefiting from this relationship.”

The US Treasury Department indicated that the Al-Qatirji Group “enabled the Quds Force to generate and access hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue this year alone, and the company launders revenues from the sale of Iranian oil, then provides millions of dollars monthly to the Houthis, and knowingly finances their destabilizing attacks.” for stability in the region.”

The Under Secretary of the US Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence renewed: Bradley Smith, his country's commitment to taking all available measures to restrict the Iranian regime's ability to "take advantage of illicit sources to finance its destabilizing activities and its network of terrorist agents throughout the region."