US hits China- and Hong Kong-based entities with sanctions over Iran weapons

WASHINGTON, June ‌10 (Reuters) - The ​U.S. ​government on Wednesday said it was imposing ‌sanctions against 11 people and ⁠entities, including several based in ‌China and Hong Kong, ‌for supporting weapons procurement by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard ​Corps and the Iranian military.

Nine of those designated ⁠were China- and Hong Kong-based individuals and ​companies that facilitated the procurement of weapons for Iran's ​military, and a ‌Hong Kong-based company operating within Iran’s clandestine banking ⁠network, the U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control said ⁠in a statement.

The U.S. State Department ​also designated two companies and individuals based in Iran and Belarus in ‌connection with Iran's conventional arms-related activities, Treasury ‌said.

(Reporting by Reporting by ⁠Andrea Shalal; additional ‌reporting by ​Daphne Psaledakis; editing by Susan Heavey and Costas ‌Pitas)

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