The United States on Friday imposed sanctions targeting Iran's ballistic missile and drone procurement programs as well as officials it said were involved in hacking US infrastructure, as Washington looks to increase pressure on Tehran. The US Treasury Department said in a statement on Friday it had imposed sanctions on four Iran- and Hong Kong-based companies involved in providing materials and technology to Iran's ballistic missile and drone programs, as well as a Hong Kong-based firm for selling Iranian commodities to Chinese entities.
The United States sanctioned senior leaders of the Iranian government cyber unit responsible for carrying out malicious cyber campaigns against American critical
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Those sanctioned are accused of obtaining or attempting to obtain voter information from U.S. state election websites and sending threatening emails to intimidate voters.
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