Reuters: Iran bypasses US sanctions and embargo with network of 5,000 military entities Reuters news agency claimed in an investigative report that Iran, by creating a secret network consisting of more than 5,000 military and financial institutions, imported at least two billion dollars of equipment, explosives and heavy trucks needed for its missile and UAV programs since January 2025 by circumventing sanctions Western and American naval sanctions. According to the allegations of this investigation, only one of these parties imported massive amounts of rocket fuel, explosives, weapons parts and heavy trucks that could be used as missile launch platforms during the 18 months ending in June 2026. Reuters writes that this equipment arrived in Iran by land, sea and air routes also during the war, and the registered source of many of them was China, Russia and Germany. This news agency claims that its findings are based on a review of thousands of bank, government, commercial documents and imported data.

Reuters: Iran bypasses US sanctions and embargo with network of 5,000 military entities Reuters news agency claimed in an investigative report that Iran, by creating a secret network consisting of more than 5,000 military and financial institutions, imported at least two billion dollars of equipment, explosives and heavy trucks needed for its missile and UAV programs since January 2025 by circumventing sanctions Western and American naval sanctions. According to the allegations of this investigation, only one of these parties imported massive amounts of rocket fuel, explosives, weapons parts and heavy trucks that could be used as missile launch platforms during the 18 months ending in June 2026. Reuters writes that this equipment arrived in Iran by land, sea and air routes also during the war, and the registered source of many of them was China, Russia and Germany. This news agency claims that its findings are based on a review of thousands of bank, government, commercial documents and imported data.