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In its report, “Evolution of UAVs Employed By Houthi Forces In Yemen,” CAR concludes, “A significant number of Houthi UAV components either originated in Iran, or match those used by factions in the region that are linked to Iran.” The report contains the following notable excerpt: "All of the Qasef-1s documented by CAR employed circuit boards attached with microcontrollers bearing an Atmel label. A CAR field investigation team also documented an identical Microchip Atmel microcontroller in a receiver for an RCIED which Bahraini security forces had seized in March 2015 from a passenger bus that had travelled from Iraq, through Saudi Arabia, and into Bahrain." CAR, “Evolution Of UAVs Employed By Houthi Forces In Yemen,” February 2020.
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According to its website, Iranian company Fatehin Sanat supplies various products made by Microchip.
Additionally, we are subject to, and fully comply with, the comprehensive embargo that the US Government has placed on shipping products to the country of Iran... I want to reiterate that we do not ship to Fatehin or have any other relationship with them, nor do we ship to Iran Electronics Industries or Rastafann Ertebat Engineering Company. (12/18/2018).
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