Russian Media: U.S. Sanctions Indian Company, With Russian and Chinese Entities Also Affected.

According to Russian media outlet RT on July 31.

The United States has imposed sanctions on a company headquartered in Delhi that acted as Iran's Mahan Air's representative in India, while also sanctioning Russian and Chinese entities doing business with this private airline.

July 30, 2026 — New round of U.S. OFAC sanctions.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced sanctions against a batch of entities and individuals from China, India, Russia, and Iran, citing core allegations that they provided commercial and logistics agency services for Iran’s Mahan Air.

Mahan Air is an Iranian private airline that has been on the U.S. sanctions list since 2011.

The U.S. unilateral accusation claims that although the airline appears to be a civilian carrier, it has long assisted Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force in transporting personnel, drone components, and weapons equipment. The European Union has also imposed sanctions on Mahan Air.

Entities targeted in this round of sanctions:

1. India

Skiez Travels and Logistics Private Limited: The U.S. designates this company as Mahan Air’s General Sales Agent (GSA) in India, responsible for operating ticketing and freight services.

2. Russia

Air Cargo Pro Limited: Mahan Air’s regional general sales agent in Russia.

3. Chinese domestic entities

• Shanghai Wings International Logistics Co., Ltd. (Shanghai Wings International Logistics)

• Shanghai Elite International Travel Co., Ltd. (Shanghai Elite International Travel)

The U.S. alleges these companies served as Mahan Air’s representatives in China, coordinating cargo shipments of electronic products and ticketing operations between China and Iran.

4. Additionally included in the sanctions list is DadeNegar Startup Studio, an Iranian-based shell company linked to the sanctioned network.

Sanction Effectiveness: Assets under U.S. jurisdiction belonging to the targeted entities are frozen; U.S. businesses and individuals are prohibited from transacting with them. Secondary sanctions are also invoked, warning third-country enterprises to exercise caution in engaging with designated parties.

This is a typical example of U.S. “secondary sanctions.”

The United States, acting without United Nations authorization, relies on domestic law to unilaterally extend its sanctions reach globally to third-party companies in other countries.

Many enterprises merely engage in routine aviation ticketing and freight agency cooperation. Yet the U.S. directly targets them under the pretext of “assisting a sanctioned airline,” with standards entirely defined by Washington at will.

This also sends a special signal by simultaneously targeting Chinese, Indian, and Russian entities.

Imposing sanctions on enterprises from three nations in one move aims to dismantle Mahan Air’s global agency network and restrict Iran’s cross-border logistics channels.

China has repeatedly emphasized: U.S. unilateral and secondary sanctions violate international law.

The rights of enterprises worldwide to conduct normal economic and trade activities must be respected.

The U.S. cannot arbitrarily restrict third-country economic and trade relations based solely on its own domestic laws.

Ordinary commercial exchanges among civilians do not equate to participation in military activities. The U.S.’s unilateral accusations lack fair and objective evidence.

Original source: toutiao.com/article/1872372912607364/

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