Companies linked to Iran and the Kremlin are approved by Home Office to sponsor work visas despite being under UK sanctions

British nationals are banned from dealing with the Russian and Iranian companies, yet the Mail found they appear on an official list of companies with licences to bring employees to the UK.


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