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Evidence (designations, procurement records, interdictions, or UN findings) shows the designated entities/individuals were involved in proliferating combat UAVs and procuring missile-related items in contravention of UN restrictions.
U.S. Treasury (OFAC) designations on December 30, 2025 document Iran-linked transfers of Qods Aviation Industries (Mohajer-series) combat UAVs to Venezuela (rebranded ANSU-series) and detail procurement efforts for missile-related chemicals (sodium perchlorate, sebacic acid, nitrocellulose) for Parchin Chemical Industries. The United Nations Security Council process in September 2025 restored pre-2015 UN restrictions (including a conventional arms embargo and limits on ballistic-missile-related activity), meaning those activities are contrary to the reimposed UN restrictions. Verdict: True — official U.S. designation notices provide specific, contemporaneous evidence that Iran-linked entities have been proliferating combat UAVs and seeking missile-related items, and the Security Council snapback restored UN prohibitions that such transfers and procurements violate.