U.S. Launches 'Operation Economic Outcast': Sanctions, Named Iranian Actors, and a $10M Reward for IRGC Leaders

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Big Names in 'Operation Economic Outcast' Against Iran, Huge Reward for Info on Two Key Leaders. Advertisement They announced they had already designated nearly 60 entities, individuals, and vessels that were being sanctioned. They alleged these persons or entities enabled the Iranian regime's illicit procurement, cyber operations, or petroleum and petrochemical product revenue generation networks.

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• [....] SEYYED MAHDI FARAHI (FARAHI) is the Deputy Defense Minister for Industrial and Research Affairs at MODAFL (Ministry of Defense and Support for Armed Forces and Logistics) AMIR HATAMI (HATAMI) is the...
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• Bessent Drops the Hammer on Iran, Lays Out the Devastating Details of 'Operation Economic Outcast' Now the State Department has listed some of the people and entities allegedly involved.
• They named two Iran-based entities allegedly "involved in the procurement of sensitive imagery that supported targeting of U.S.
• service members and partners in the region." DADENEGAR STARTUP STUDIO (DADENEGAR) supported targeting of U.S.

What to take from it

They were also sanctioning multiple companies that they said engaged in the illicit trade of Iranian petroleum and petrochemical products, including the "dark fleet" that has helped deliver millions to the regime. These Iranian petroleum, petroleum products, and petrochemical cargos are frequently transported by shadow fleet operators, including vessel management companies that regularly engage in dark activity and other deceptive shipping practices, endangering other vessels and trade flows. and partner facilities in the Middle East for the Iranian military during Operation Epic Fury.

Example or evidence

• military assets and facilities that supported Iran's military targeting during Operation Epic Fury.
• They also named seven individuals allegedly "responsible for Iran's military activities and procurement efforts, including directing the use of conventional weapons against U.S.
• forces and neutral neighboring states" and "advocating for defense partnerships with Iran's international partners that would contravene U.S.
• REZA TALAEI-NIK (TALAEI-NIK) is the spokesperson for Iran's Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics.

Details worth keeping

You can read here for greater details as to what is being alleged. [....] AHMAD VAHIDI (VAHIDI) is the Commander-in-Chief of the IRGC [....] SAYYED HOSEIN MAJID MUSAVI EFTEKHARI (EFTEKHARI) is the Commander of the IRGC Aerospace Force, the entity responsible for the IRGC's unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) program. "Today's action targets all the nodes of this illicit trade," the State Department said.

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