Espreso tried to find out how Ukrainian parts ended up in weapons used to shell Ukraine itself.What is known about the Ukrainian companies and their founderThe U.S. Treasury Department's press release states that GK Imperativ Ukraine LLC and Ekofera LLC acted as intermediaries in the supply of sensors, engines, calibrated elements, and navigation equipment.GK Imperativ Ukraine LLC was registered in Ukraine in February 2018, specifically in Kharkiv, on Romenska Street. According to its charter, the director is Tabibi Jabali Bahram from Iran, born in 1971. The company's authorized capital is stated as UAH 15,000. It is noted that the company allegedly deals with wholesale trade in household goods, timber, building materials, sanitary equipment, and chemical products.Individuals named Valeriia Volodymyrivna Rybka and Valentyna Volodymyrivna Voitko are also connected to the company. The latter is listed as the director. Espreso attempted to contact the company's owners, but the phone number listed for GK Imperativ Ukraine was out of reach. According to Youcontrol analytics, GK Imperativ Ukraine LLC has not conducted business activities since 2022.There is no publicly available information about Ekofera LLC.Ukrainian products were transported to Iran completely legallyAviation expert and leading researcher at the State Aviation Museum, Valerii Romanenko, commented to Espreso that, on the one hand, these are ordinary shell companies. However, there's more to it."The thing is, in September 2022 or 2023, an Iranian Mohajer-6 drone was suppressed by electronic warfare systems over the Black Sea near Odesa. It fell into the hands of our intelligence officers. And when they examined it, it turned out that it even had one Ukrainian part. This means that it's possible these companies supplied something from Ukrainian products to Iran. This was serial production of Mohajer, and they have been mass-producing them since 2018," Romanenko explains.He also reminds that Iran began supplying weapons to Russia in 2022."Before that, our AN-140 aircraft was mass-produced in Iran, and we had close cooperation. Therefore, it's not surprising that such a company could exist. Because at one time, licensed production of our aircraft was carried out when Iran was going to launch a line of drones. Then they organized a network of shell companies to obtain parts and even ordered something from Ukraine, because, I repeat, a serial drone had a part from Ukraine. Most likely, supplies took place. For example, as of June 2022, Iran had 180 such reconnaissance and attack drones," the expert added. Espreso sent an information request to the National Police of Ukraine asking whether law enforcement agencies would investigate the activities of the mentioned companies and their connection to the production of weapons for the aggressor state.What the U.S. report saidThe U.S. Treasury Department imposed sanctions on 32 individuals and entities from Iran, UAE, Turkey, China, India, Germany, and Ukraine. The sanctions target multinational procurement networks for components for Iranian ballistic missiles and drones (UAVs).Iranian procurement agent Bahram Tabibi used front companies in Ukraine to procure and supply aerospace materials. Batoul Shafiei, also from Iran, was also involved. She actively participated in the scheme of supplying parts and transporting goods. Iranian citizen Said Pahlavani Nejad is named as an intermediary between the Ukrainian front companies.Tabibi, GK Imperativ, Ekofera, Shafiei, and Nejad are even included in the sanctions list for providing or attempting to provide financial, material, technological, or other support, as well as goods and services to Iranian manufacturers of ballistic missiles and drones.