A new executive order authorizes the United States to freeze the assets of any company or individual helping Iran obtain conventional weapons – a means of unilaterally enforcing a U.N. arms embargo. In addition, the United States imposed sanctions and trade restrictions on 27 organizations and individuals connected to Iran's nuclear program or its ballistic missile and conventional arms activities. The sanctioned entities include the Iranian Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL), the Defense Industries Organization (DIO), three subunits of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, for his role in conventional weapons deals with Iran.