OFAC Sanctions Entity, Director Working on Iranian Chemical Weapons

The Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned Shahid Meisami Group and its director, Mehran Babri, for their involvement in Iranian chemical weapons research, OFAC said Dec. 3. The agency said Shahid Meisami Group works under the U.S.-sanctioned Iranian Organization of Defensive Innovation and Research, known as SPND, and is responsible for “numerous” government projects, including the production of chemical agents. The U.S. says SPND works on the Iranian regime’s proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.