{"id":16838,"date":"2026-09-30T11:53:41","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T11:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=16838"},"modified":"2026-09-30T11:53:42","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T11:53:42","slug":"pakistan-businessman-defence-firm-among-13-sanctioned-by-us-over-iran-weapons-procurement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=16838","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan businessman, defence firm among 13 sanctioned by US over Iran weapons procurement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON: The United States has imposed fresh sanctions on 13 individuals and entities, including Pakistan-based defence company chairman Waseem Pasha Tajammal, over alleged support for Iran\u2019s weapons procurement network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sanctions announced by the Treasury and State departments are part of the Trump administration\u2019s effort to isolate Iran economically and force it to negotiate an end to the war that began with a US-Israeli strike on Iran on February 28.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said, \u201cTreasury will not tolerate any support to the regime and will continue to identify, expose, and isolate Iran\u2019s enablers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Treasury said the sanctions were aimed at degrading Tehran\u2019s ability to reconstitute its weapons programs, while increasing the costs for those who supported its procurement efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those targeted in Tuesday\u2019s sanctions announcements include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seyyed Asghar Alizadeh Tabatabai, a Beijing-based representative of Iran\u2019s Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics agency, who Treasury said had coordinated the procurement of finished weapons systems and dual-use components in China on Iran\u2019s behalf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iran-based Kavoshcom Asia R and D Group, which Treasury said had procured electronics including connectors for Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hong Kong-based EC Mojo Technology Co Limited, which Treasury said had provided electronic components in support of Kavoshcom\u2019s procurement efforts, and EC Mojo\u2019s China-based representative Li Fen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pakistan-based Waseem Pasha Tajammal, who serves as chairman of Cavalier Group, a privately owned defence company with locations in Pakistan and internationally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joint Stock Company Experimental Design Bureau Named After A.S. Yakovlev, a Russia-based aircraft manufacturer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MG-Flot LLC, a Russia-based shipping company whose vessels transport weapons for the Russian government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Saha Airlines, an Iran-based airline affiliated with the country\u2019s air force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brett Erickson, managing principal with Obsidian Risk Advisors, said the latest sanctions action would do little to impede Iran\u2019s ability to launch missiles and drones in the Strait of Hormuz. \u201cThis is optics management for the Trump administration to claim \u2018We\u2019re hammering them,\u2019 when the reality is we\u2019re poking them with a toothpick,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PAK SOUCH MEDIA GROUP<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Daily Pak Souch Newspaper Sukkur \u2013 Daily Pak Special Newspaper Karachi \u2013 Daily Pak Today Newspaper Karachi &#8211; Daily Pak Jazbo Newspaper Sukkur<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Head Office : Ayub Gate Shaikh Muhalla Near Rabbania Masjid Sukkur<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Karachi Office : Office No. 1901-B, 19th Floor Saima Trade Tower (B) Block I.I Chandigarh Road Near Jung Press, Shaheen Complex &amp; National Museum of Pakistan Karachi Sindh Pakistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Contact : 03009319022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Website 1 : <a href=\"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/\">https:\/\/paksouch.com\/<\/a><br>Website 2 : <a href=\"https:\/\/sindhi.paksouch.com\/\">https:\/\/sindhi.paksouch.com\/<\/a><br>Website 3 : <a href=\"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/\">https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/<\/a><br>Website 4 : <a href=\"https:\/\/urdu.pakjazbo.com\/\">https:\/\/urdu.pakjazbo.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON: The United States has imposed fresh sanctions on 13 individuals and entities, including Pakistan-based defence company chairman Waseem Pasha Tajammal, over alleged support for..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16839,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Pak-Souch-Social-Media-Poster-49-1.png",800,947,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Pak-Souch-Social-Media-Poster-49-1-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Pak-Souch-Social-Media-Poster-49-1-253x300.png",253,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Pak-Souch-Social-Media-Poster-49-1-768x909.png",768,909,true],"large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Pak-Souch-Social-Media-Poster-49-1.png",800,947,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Pak-Souch-Social-Media-Poster-49-1.png",800,947,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Pak-Souch-Social-Media-Poster-49-1.png",800,947,false]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?cat=3\" rel=\"category\">Pakistan<\/a>","tag_info":"Pakistan","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16838"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16838\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16840,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16838\/revisions\/16840"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}