The Wall Street Journal:
WASHINGTON—The Trump administration imposed sanctions on five Iranian officials it said are responsible for providing Yemeni rebels with long-range missiles being used to target Saudi Arabia.
The U.S. action on Tuesday is part of a broader White House strategy to isolate Iran and rein in Tehran’s support for proxies involved in conflicts across the Middle East.
The U.S. Treasury Department added five officials linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Al-Ghadir Missile Command and related programs, including Mahmud Bagheri Kazemabad, the missile unit’s commander. The IRGC, Iran’s elite military unit, already is under U.S. sanctions.
“Their actions have enabled the Houthis to launch missiles at Saudi cities and oil infrastructure,” Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said. “They have also disrupted humanitarian aid efforts in Yemen and threatened freedom of navigation in key regional waterways.”
