The US State Department announced in a statement on Wednesday, November 4, that it has sanctioned two individuals and a company for their involvement in efforts to provide dual-purpose anti-aircraft missiles to the Iranian regime.
According to this statement, Mohammad Ali Talebov, CEO of Belarus-based "Brit Neskh" was involved in the company's efforts to purchase weapons on behalf of Iran. This company acted as an intermediary between Chinese and Iranian companies and participated in the purchase of hundreds of anti-missile defense systems.
The US State Department also sanctioned Vanguard Tactical Supply Limited of Nigeria for its involvement in trying to supply Chinese-made missile systems to Iran using fake end-user identities. Alisher Dumolozhanov, a man based in Russia, was also sanctioned for his role in trying to secure those systems.