DUBAI, May 2. /TASS/. Iran has imposed sanctions on a number of US individuals and entities, including Lockheed Martin, Chevron and General Dynamics, for supporting Israeli actions in the Gaza Strip, the Iranian Foreign Ministry announced.

According to a statement on the Telegram channel of the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Teheran imposes the sanctions "in connection with their support and financing of Zionist regime of Israel’s terrorist acts, glorification and supporting terrorism and gross violations of human rights against the Palestinian people, and in particular, people of Gaza strip."

The sanctions list includes the largest US arms corporations Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics, and the company Skydio, which specializes in the production of drones.

The list includes the Chevron Corporation, "due to assisting Israeli regime in exploitation of Gas wells in the eastern Mediterranean. The revenue of this exploitation is being used by the regime to launch offensive against the Palestinians especially in the Gaza strip." In addition to that the restriction target the Kharon Company, "due to its role in sanctioning Hamas [radical Palestinian movement] by the United States Department of Treasury."

The restrictions also target Commander of the United States Special Operations Command, US Army General Brian Fenton, Commander of the Fifth Fleet of the US Navy, Vice Admiral Brad Cooper, CEO of the American defense corporation Raytheon Technologies (RTX Corporation) Gregory Hayes, executive vice president and chief legal officer to Donald Trump and the Trump Organization and his advisor on Israel Jason Greenblatt, Policy Director of United against Nuclear Iran (UANI) Jason Brodsky.

The Iranian Foreign Ministry noted that these individual and entities have been sanctioned "for supporting and complicity in Israeli regime’s heinous acts against the Palestinians especially in the Gaza strip."