The United States has imposed sanctions on Chandigarh-based Farmlane Private Limited and its UAE-based director, Marco Klinge, for allegedly supplying materials connected to Iran’s ballistic missile and drone development programmes. The sanctions, part of President Donald Trump’s “maximum pressure” campaign against Tehran, will freeze all of the company’s assets under US jurisdiction and prohibit American entities from conducting any business with it.
The action was announced by the US Department of the Treasury on Wednesday (US time) as part of a wider package targeting 32 individuals and entities across eight countries, including India, the UAE, China, and Turkey. The Treasury said the move was designed to disrupt Iran’s international procurement networks that support its nuclear, missile, and drone systems.
“Across the globe, Iran exploits financial systems to launder funds, procure components for its nuclear and conventional weapons programs, and support its terrorist proxies,” said John K. Hurley, Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence at the US Treasury. “At the direction of President Trump, we are putting maximum pressure on Iran to end its nuclear threat.” He added that the US expects the “international community to fully implement UN snapback sanctions on Iran to cut off its access to the global financial system.”
According to the Treasury’s statement, Farmlane Private Limited acted as a front for supplying chemicals and other controlled materials used in missile propellant production. The company’s UAE-based director, Marco Klinge, allegedly coordinated procurement activities on behalf of Parchin Chemical Industries (PCI) — an Iranian entity that forms part of the Defense Industries Organisation (DIO), responsible for the import and export of materials for Iran’s weapons programmes.
US investigators said Klinge liaised between suppliers in India and China, including the already-sanctioned China Chlorate Tech Co. Limited (CCT), to source dual-use materials capable of contributing to missile fuel production. Klinge also worked with Majid Dolatkhah, an operative based between Iran and Turkey, to facilitate logistics and payments for the shipments to PCI.
The US Treasury statement confirmed that Farmlane Pvt Ltd was designated under Executive Order 13382, which was issued in 2005 to freeze the assets of entities and individuals involved in the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD). Under this order, all property and interests of the sanctioned parties in the United States are blocked, and US persons are prohibited from engaging in any transaction with them.
Corporate filings show that Farmlane is registered in Chandigarh, India, with Klinge listed as Additional Director on the business intelligence platform Zaubacorp. The company’s stated operations involve “trading and industrial chemicals,” but the US government alleges that its exports were part of a covert procurement chain for Iran’s sanctioned defence industries.
This is not the first time Indian entities have appeared in US sanctions lists this year. In October 2025, Washington sanctioned nine Indian-based firms and eight individuals for facilitating trade in Iranian oil, petroleum products, and petrochemicals, in violation of US restrictions.
The latest move underscores a hardening of Washington’s sanctions regime under Trump’s renewed “maximum pressure” policy, reintroduced after the aerial strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan in June. The US maintains that Iran’s nuclear programme is aimed at developing weapons, while Tehran insists it is for civilian energy purposes.
For Farmlane and its director, Marco Klinge, the sanctions mean complete financial isolation from the US system — and potentially from global banks wary of secondary sanctions. Any company or financial institution found transacting with them risks being penalised under US law, effectively cutting the Chandigarh-based firm off from most of the international trade network.
