---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 U.S.C. § 9421"
title: "22"
title_heading: "Foreign Relations and Intercourse"
number: "9421"
heading: "Findings"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/22/9421"
units:
  - "Chapter 101A — Fight and Combat Rampant Iranian Missile Exports"
---

# §9421. Findings


Congress makes the following findings:

- (1) Annex B to United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231 (2015) restricts certain missile-related activities and transfers to and from Iran, including all items, materials, equipment, goods, and technology set out in the [Missile Technology Control Regime Annex](/usc/22/9424.md?p=10), absent advance, case-by-case approval from the United Nations Security Council.
- (2) Iran has transferred Shahed and Mohajer drones, covered under the [Missile Technology Control Regime Annex](/usc/22/9424.md?p=10), to the Russian Federation, the Government of Ethiopia, and other [Iran-aligned entities](/usc/22/9424.md?p=5), including the Houthis in Yemen and militia units in Iraq, without prior authorization from the United Nations Security Council, in violation of the restrictions set forth in Annex B to United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231.
- (3) Certain missile-related restrictions in Annex B to United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231 expired in October 2023, removing international legal restrictions on missile-related activities and transfers to and from Iran.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 118–50, div. K, § 2, Apr. 24, 2024, 138 Stat. 970.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Short Title

Pub. L. 118–50, div. K, § 1, Apr. 24, 2024, 138 Stat. 970, provided that: “This division [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Fight and Combat Rampant Iranian Missile Exports Act’ or the ‘Fight CRIME Act’.”