Canada sanctions Iranian drone makers amid Russian strikes in Ukraine
Wednesday’s measures effectively freeze any assets the entities or individuals may hold in Canada. Individuals listed are also rendered inadmissible to Canada under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.The drone manufacturers sanctioned were Shahed Aviation Industries and Qods Aviation Industries, the government said. Shahed is the maker of the Shahed-136 combat drone, which has been used by Russia in Ukrainian bombing campaigns.
Meanwhile, Qods designs and produces combat drones “used by the regime’s armed forces and designated terrorist organizations aligned with the regime, such as Hezbollah, to carry out destabilizing regional operations,” the government said. “This firm is also involved in the development of lethal UAVs exported to Russia for use in Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine.”The individuals sanctioned Wednesday were Seyyed Yahya Safavi, chief adviser to Iran’s supreme leader on military affairs, Seyyed Hojatollah Qureishi, an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps brigadier general, Saeed Aghajani, an IRGC brigadier general, and Ali Azadi, commander of law enforcement forces in Iran’s Kurdistan province.
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