United Nations Sanctions against Iran




20 DECEMBER 2007

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 142

  1. Esfahan Nuclear Fuel Research and Production Centre
    (NFRPC) and Esfahan Nuclear Technology Centre
    (ENTC) (parts of the Atomic Energy Organisation of
    Iran’s (AEOI) Nuclear Fuel Production and Procurement
    Company, which is involved in enrichment-related
    activities. AEOI is designated under resolution 1737
    (2006))

  2. Kavoshyar Company (subsidiary company of AEOI,
    which has sought glass fibres, vacuum chamber furnaces
    and laboratory equipment for Iran’s nuclear programme)

  3. Parchin Chemical Industries (branch of DIO, which
    produces ammunition, explosives, as well as solid
    propellants for rockets and missiles)

  4. Karaj Nuclear Research Centre (part of AEOI’s research
    division)

  5. Novin Energy Company (also known as Pars Novin)
    (operates within AEOI and has transferred funds on
    behalf of AEOI to entities associated with Iran’s nuclear
    programme)

  6. Cruise Missile Industry Group (also known as Naval
    Defence Missile Industry Group) (Production and
    development of cruise missiles. Responsible for naval
    missiles including cruise missiles)

  7. Bank Sepah and Bank Sepah International (Bank Sepah
    provides support for the Aerospace Industries
    Organisation (AIO) and subordinates, including Shahid
    Hemmat Industrial Group (SHIG) and Shahid Bagheri
    Industrial Group (SBIG), both of which were designated
    under resolution 1737 (2006))

  8. Sanam Industrial Group (subordinate to AIO, which has
    purchased equipment on AIO’s behalf for the missile
    programme)

  9. Ya Mahdi Industries Group (subordinate to AIO, which
    is involved in international purchases of missile
    equipment)

Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps entities

  1. Qods Aeronautics Industries (produces unmanned aerial
    vehicles (UAVs), parachutes, para-gliders, para-motors,
    etc. Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has
    boasted of using these products as part of its asymmetric
    warfare doctrine)

  2. Pars Aviation Services Company (maintains various
    aircraft including MI-171, used by IRGC Air Force)

  3. Sho’a’ Aviation (produces micro-lights which IRGC has
    claimed it is using as part of its asymmetric warfare
    doctrine)

Persons involved in nuclear or ballistic missile activities

  1. Fereidoun Abbasi-Davani (Senior Ministry of Defence
    and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL) scientist with
    links to the Institute of Applied Physics, working closely
    with Mohsen Fakhrizadeh-Mahabadi, designated below)

  2. Mohsen Fakhrizadeh-Mahabadi (Senior MODAFL
    scientist and former head of the Physics Research Centre
    (PHRC). The International Atomic Energy Agency
    (IAEA) have asked to interview him about the activities
    of the PHRC over the period he was head but Iran has
    refused)

  3. Seyed Jaber Safdari (Manager of the Natanz Enrichment
    Facilities)

  4. Amir Rahimi (Head of Esfahan Nuclear Fuel Research
    and Production Center, which is part of the AEOI’s
    Nuclear Fuel Production and Procurement Company,
    which is involved in enrichment-related activities)

  5. Mohsen Hojati (Head of Fajr Industrial Group, which is
    designated under resolution 1737 (2006) for its role in
    the ballistic missile programme)

  6. Mehrdada Akhlaghi Ketabachi (Head of SBIG, which is
    designated under resolution 1737 (2006) for its role in
    the ballistic missile programme)

  7. Naser Maleki (Head of SHIG, which is designated under
    resolution 1737 (2006) for its role in Iran’s ballistic
    missile programme. Naser Maleki is also a MODAFL
    official overseeing work on the Shahab-3 ballistic
    missile programme. The Shahab-3 is Iran’s long range
    ballistic missile currently in service)

  8. Ahmad Derakhshandeh (Chairman and Managing
    Director of Bank Sepah, which provides support for the
    AIO and subordinates, including SHIG and SBIG, both
    of which were designated under resolution 1737 (2006))

Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps key persons

  1. Brigadier General Morteza Rezaie (Deputy Commander
    of IRGC)

  2. Vice Admiral Ali Akbar Ahmadian (Chief of IRGC Joint
    Staff)

  3. Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Zahedi
    (Commander of IRGC Ground Forces)

  4. Rear Admiral Morteza Safari (Commander of IRGC
    Navy)

  5. Brigadier General Mohammad Hejazi (Commander of
    Bassij resistance force)

  6. Brigadier General Qasem Soleimani (Commander of
    Qods force)

  7. General Zolqadr (IRGC officer, Deputy Interior Minister
    for Security Affairs)

Schedule B
List of designated entities and individuals under the
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1737 (2006)

On 23 December 2006, the individuals and organisations
listed below were designated as being engaged in, or
directly associated with, or providing support for, Iran’s
proliferation sensitive nuclear activities or the development
of nuclear weapon delivery systems pursuant to United
Nations Security Council Resolution 1737 (2006).

On 19 March 2007, New Zealand passed the United Nations
Sanctions (Iran) Regulations which implemented an asset
freeze against these individuals and organisations.

A. Entities involved in the nuclear programme

  1. Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI)

  2. Mesbah Energy Company (provider for A40 research
    reactor — Arak)

  3. Kala-Electric (also known as Kalaye Electric) (provider
    for PFEP — Natanz)

  4. Pars Trash Company (involved in centrifuge programme,
    identified in IAEA reports)

  5. Farayand Technique (involved in centrifuge programme,
    identified in IAEA reports)

  6. Defence Industries Organisation (overarching
    MODAFL-controlled entity, some of whose subordinates
    have been involved in the centrifuge programme making
    components, and in the missile programme)

  7. 7th of Tir (subordinate of Defense Industries Organization
    (DIO), widely recognised as being directly involved in
    the nuclear programme)

B. Entities involved in the ballistic missile programme

  1. Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group (SHIG) (subordinate
    entity of Aerospace Industries Organization (AIO))

  2. Shahid Bagheri Industrial Group (SBIG) (subordinate
    entity of AIO)

  3. Fajr Industrial Group (formerly Instrumentation Factory
    Plant, subordinate entity of AIO)



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🌏 United Nations Sanctions (Iran) Amendment Regulations 2007 (continued from previous page)

🌏 External Affairs & Territories
Sanctions, Iran, Nuclear Activities, Asset Freeze, Ballistic Missiles, Revolutionary Guard Corps
15 names identified
  • Fereidoun Abbasi-Davani, Senior MODAFL scientist
  • Mohsen Fakhrizadeh-Mahabadi, Senior MODAFL scientist
  • Seyed Jaber Safdari, Manager of Natanz Enrichment Facilities
  • Amir Rahimi, Head of Esfahan Nuclear Fuel Research and Production Center
  • Mohsen Hojati, Head of Fajr Industrial Group
  • Mehrdada Akhlaghi Ketabachi, Head of SBIG
  • Naser Maleki, Head of SHIG
  • Ahmad Derakhshandeh, Chairman and Managing Director of Bank Sepah
  • Morteza Rezaie (Brigadier General), Deputy Commander of IRGC
  • Ali Akbar Ahmadian (Vice Admiral), Chief of IRGC Joint Staff
  • Mohammad Reza Zahedi (Brigadier General), Commander of IRGC Ground Forces
  • Morteza Safari (Rear Admiral), Commander of IRGC Navy
  • Mohammad Hejazi (Brigadier General), Commander of Bassij resistance force
  • Qasem Soleimani (Brigadier General), Commander of Qods force
  • Zolqadr (General), IRGC officer, Deputy Interior Minister for Security Affairs