Iran science designations show ‘flaws in the JCPOA’, says US State Department

The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (‘OFAC’), says that it has, together with the US Department of State, designated 14 individuals and 17 entities ‘in connection with Iran’s Organization of Defensive Innovation and Research (SPND), which has provided support to designated Iranian defense entities and whose key personnel played a central role in the Iranian regime’s past nuclear weapons effort.’

It says the action targets ‘current SPND subordinate groups, supporters, front companies, and associated officials.’

Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin said that the ‘United States will continue applying maximum pressure to the Iranian regime, using all economic tools to prevent Iran from developing weapons of mass destruction. Anyone considering dealing with the Iranian defense industry in general, and SPND in particular, risks professional, personal, and financial isolation.’

In a statement, the US State Department said that the designations ‘show the flaws in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), why the United States was right to cease participation in it, and the importance of also permanently ensuring Iran is unable to reconstitute any past weapons-related activities in the future.’

See:
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm634