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#Iran: Sanctioning the management personnel of the drone maker, PNSA and its many guises. Behnam ben Taleblu, FDD

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🗓️ 4 May 2023

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#Iran: Sanctioning the management personnel of the drone maker, PNSA and its many guises. Behnam ben Taleblu, FDD
https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2023/04/30/focus-on-asia-tehrans-drone-technology/

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0:00.0

Hello Albert Einstein here. Today I've popped into Dev's cafe. He's one of many business owners

0:07.3

who are already using a smart meter to feel more in control of their budgeting. A smart meter helps

0:13.4

you track your energy use and costs over time so you know how much you're spending on your energy

0:19.3

bills, meaning less time guessing and more time to focus on the other important... Do you want milk

0:24.3

with that? Pits of your business. Such can a smart meter today. A legibility may vary consumer

0:29.2

action required. This is CBS I On The World. Here's John Bachelor.

0:41.2

The Islamic Republic of Iran, a predator state with technology that is now part of the depredation

0:48.5

in Ukraine and throughout the region its technology especially drones are mentioned repeatedly

0:56.0

as weapons of war for bad actors. At the center of this is the ability of Iran to manufacture

1:03.3

weaponry and that requires sophistication, investment, manufacturing skills and also invites the

1:11.6

attention of the United States, the European Union and NATO because Iran is under sanctions,

1:17.2

severe sanctions for its suspect nuclear weapons program and its bad conduct. However, I welcome

1:25.4

Ben and Ben Taliblo of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracy, a senior fellow who tells

1:31.2

us in one particular instance how the Iranian regime is either avoiding side stepping,

1:39.3

deceiving the sanctions regime visited upon the whole country. Ben, I'm a very good evening to

1:45.0

you. What is Pasna, P-A-S-N-A? Good evening. I'm very evening to you, John. I always

1:52.3

pleasure to meet with you. Pasna, it's basically an English language transliteration of a Persian

1:58.8

acronym. The entity is known in Varsi as Pardazan, Sistannama, the Armand. And this is basically

2:06.8

a sanctioned entity supporting Iran's drone and military programs in particular through the

2:14.9

procurements of dual use, military grade technology and perhaps more importantly, commercially

2:22.4

viable, commercially found technologies that can then be used in these two criminal military

2:28.8

systems like Rooms. It was sanctioned in 2018, but just like any other sanctioned Iranian

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