WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump administration sanctions announced Wednesday target dozens of companies and individuals involved in Iran's missile and military aircraft production, a new punishment intended to support recently reimposed U.N. penalties against Tehran over its nuclear program.

The “snapback” U.N. measures freeze Iranian assets abroad, halt arms deals with Tehran and penalize any development of Iran’s ballistic missile program, among other measures.

And now, on Wednesday, the Treasury Department named 21 entities and 17 individuals involved in networks that have helped procure technology for advanced surface-to-air missile systems and the illegal purchase of a U.S.-manufactured helicopter.

The sanctions include penalties on a network that works out of Iran, Hong Kong, and China fo

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