MNA – The US Treasury Department on Tuesday announced the expansion of sanctions on Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, which were imposed on October 13.


Several branches of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) were placed on the sanctions list by the US Treasury Department, under the pretext of supporting terrorism, RT reported.

The new sanctions apply to the IRGC Air Force, the Al-Ghadir Missile Command, the Aerospace Force Self Sufficiency Jihad Organization and the Research and Self-Sufficiency Jihad Organization, as well as IRGC commander Mohammad Ali Jafari and four senior officers.