Executive Order 13382
US presidential executive order authorising sanctions against weapons-of-mass-destruction proliferators and their supporters.
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What US sanctions authority is being used against Iran's Russian arms suppliers?
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Russians named in IRGC arms network
Iran Conflict 2026Background
Executive Order 13382 is the US presidential authority reserved for weapons-of-mass-destruction proliferators and those who finance them. The US Treasury's OFAC invoked it on 15 July 2026 to designate a seven-node IRGC weapons-procurement network, including Moscow firm Avratek OOO's finance head Mariya Selina and employee Vadim Druzhbin.
Signed in 2005, the order blocks the US property of anyone found to support the proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction and their delivery systems, and has been the standing legal basis for a succession of Iran-related sanctions actions this war, including the earlier designation of the Supreme Leader's Dubai financier Ali Ansari .
Its use to name a Russian firm's finance chief, rather than an anonymous intermediary, shows Washington reaching directly into the foreign supply chain behind Iran's weapons programme rather than targeting only Iran's own institutions.
What is Executive Order 13382?
Why was Executive Order 13382 used against Iran's arms network in July 2026?
When was Executive Order 13382 signed?
