US imposes sanctions on Belarusian company Armory Alliance and its head for brokering MANPADS supplies to Iran

The US State Department has announced sanctions against Armory Alliance, a company registered in Belarus. Its chief executive, Mohammed Ali Tolibov, has also been added to the sanctions list.

According to Interfax, the company was registered in Belarus on 21 October 2021.

The State Department believes the firm helps Tehran acquire man-portable air-defence systems (MANPADS). According to the department, it acts as an intermediary between Chinese and Iranian companies and takes part in supplying hundreds of such systems.

Restrictions have been imposed on similar grounds against Alisher Domullodzhanov and the Nigerian company Vanguard Tactical Supply Limited. The US Treasury reported sanctions against ten individuals and legal entities from different countries who, according to the department, helped Iran buy weapons and components for drones and missiles. The measures were introduced under the Economic Fury campaign.

The State Department stressed that the new measures continue Washington's campaign against Iranian procurement networks tied to MANPADS. From the department's statement: "Taken together, these actions close off additional channels that Tehran uses to try to rebuild its arsenal, and also raise the risks for intermediaries and third-country suppliers." The sanctions, it says, are meant to support the UN arms embargo on Iran, which was reinstated in September 2025.

The US had already imposed sanctions on Armory Alliance and its employees in May 2026, for helping Iran acquire military goods. According to reports, those restrictions were introduced on 8 May. The new decision by the State Department and the Treasury added a sanctions regime linked to countering conventional arms procurement.

The official Belarusian authorities have not yet commented on the actions of the American agency.

The sanctions come against a backdrop of warming relations between Washington and Minsk. The US earlier lifted sanctions on Belaruskali, and the company's products began to reach the American market. In October 2026, the US announced the lifting and easing of sanctions on a number of Belarusian enterprises, banks and state bodies.