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Cavalier Dynamics

Name shared by three designated companies in Riyadh, Islamabad and Istanbul.

The United States Treasury designated three companies trading as Cavalier Dynamics on 29 September 2026, in Islamabad, Riyadh and Istanbul. It alleges the group bought and moved weapons for Iran's defence ministry.

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Background

Cavalier Dynamics is a privately owned defence trading group operating through three separately incorporated companies of near-identical name. The parent is Cavalier Dynamics Private Limited, registered in Pakistan on 24 November 2021 under number 0188815.

The Pakistani company wholly owns Cavalier Dynamics for Technologies Company in Riyadh, registered on 3 March 2025. A third Arm, Cavalier Dynamics Teknoloji Ticaret Anonim Sirketi, was registered in Maslak, Istanbul, on 18 June 2025. The United States Treasury names Waseem Pasha Tajammal, of Rawalpindi, as chairman, majority shareholder and chief executive of the Pakistani company and a director of the Saudi and Turkish arms.

One owner, one trading name and three jurisdictions let an order be placed in one country, financed in a second and shipped from a third. Any enforcement has to cross three regulators to reach the whole group. Treasury designated all three companies together on 29 September 2026.

Key Issues
Missile procurement

One name carries three sanctioned registrations

All three companies trading as Cavalier Dynamics were designated on 29 September 2026 under Executive Order 13382, the proliferation authority reaching delivery systems as well as weapons of mass destruction. Treasury alleges the group acted as a third-party intermediary, procuring and distributing weapons for Iran's Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics.

That is Washington's assertion, not a finding by any court or by the three states involved. Islamabad, Riyadh and Ankara have published no response. Treasury asserts a supply line, not complicity by any of the three governments. Because each company is separately incorporated under its own law, the practical weight falls on banks and regulators in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey rather than in Tehran, and a route off the list runs through the order's own terms.

Common Questions
What is Cavalier Dynamics?
A privately owned defence trading group registered in Pakistan in 2021, with companies of the same name in Riyadh and Istanbul. The United States sanctioned all three in September 2026.Source: https://ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actions/20260929
Who owns Cavalier Dynamics?
Treasury names Waseem Pasha Tajammal as majority shareholder and chief executive of the Pakistani company, which wholly owns the Saudi Arm. He is sole shareholder of the Turkish one.Source: https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0637
Why did the US sanction Cavalier Dynamics?
Treasury alleges the group acted as a third-party intermediary procuring and distributing weapons for Iran's Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics.Source: https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0637
Where are the Cavalier Dynamics companies registered?
Islamabad, Pakistan; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; and Maslak in Istanbul, Turkey. Each is separately incorporated and all three were designated together.Source: https://ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actions/20260929
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