India, May 13 -- The United States has imposed sanctions on three Iranian nationals and one Iranian entity with ties to Iran's Organization of Defensive Innovation and Research. Known by its Persian acronym, SPND, it is the direct successor organization to Iran's pre-2004 nuclear weapons program, also referred to as the Amad Project.
The Iranians targeted by the Department of State are Sayyed Mohammad Reza Seddighi Saber, who is the head of SPND; Ahmad Haghighat Talab, who is an SPND senior official and a nuclear scientist; and Mohammed Reza Mehdipur, who is a longtime SPND-affiliated official who has been involved in explosion and shock research on behalf of SPND.
The Department of State has also designated Fuya Pars Prospective Technolo...