✨ United Nations Sanctions against Iran
20 DECEMBER 2007
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 142
-
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)) -
Kavoshyar Company (subsidiary company of AEOI,
which has sought glass fibres, vacuum chamber furnaces
and laboratory equipment for Iran’s nuclear programme) -
Parchin Chemical Industries (branch of DIO, which
produces ammunition, explosives, as well as solid
propellants for rockets and missiles) -
Karaj Nuclear Research Centre (part of AEOI’s research
division) -
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) -
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) -
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)) -
Sanam Industrial Group (subordinate to AIO, which has
purchased equipment on AIO’s behalf for the missile
programme) -
Ya Mahdi Industries Group (subordinate to AIO, which
is involved in international purchases of missile
equipment)
Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps entities
-
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) -
Pars Aviation Services Company (maintains various
aircraft including MI-171, used by IRGC Air Force) -
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
-
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) -
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) -
Seyed Jaber Safdari (Manager of the Natanz Enrichment
Facilities) -
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) -
Mohsen Hojati (Head of Fajr Industrial Group, which is
designated under resolution 1737 (2006) for its role in
the ballistic missile programme) -
Mehrdada Akhlaghi Ketabachi (Head of SBIG, which is
designated under resolution 1737 (2006) for its role in
the ballistic missile programme) -
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) -
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
-
Brigadier General Morteza Rezaie (Deputy Commander
of IRGC) -
Vice Admiral Ali Akbar Ahmadian (Chief of IRGC Joint
Staff) -
Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Zahedi
(Commander of IRGC Ground Forces) -
Rear Admiral Morteza Safari (Commander of IRGC
Navy) -
Brigadier General Mohammad Hejazi (Commander of
Bassij resistance force) -
Brigadier General Qasem Soleimani (Commander of
Qods force) -
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
-
Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI)
-
Mesbah Energy Company (provider for A40 research
reactor — Arak) -
Kala-Electric (also known as Kalaye Electric) (provider
for PFEP — Natanz) -
Pars Trash Company (involved in centrifuge programme,
identified in IAEA reports) -
Farayand Technique (involved in centrifuge programme,
identified in IAEA reports) -
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) -
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
-
Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group (SHIG) (subordinate
entity of Aerospace Industries Organization (AIO)) -
Shahid Bagheri Industrial Group (SBIG) (subordinate
entity of AIO) -
Fajr Industrial Group (formerly Instrumentation Factory
Plant, subordinate entity of AIO)
Next Page →
Online Sources for this page:
VUW Te Waharoa —
NZ Gazette 2007, No 142
Gazette.govt.nz —
NZ Gazette 2007, No 142
✨ LLM interpretation of page content
🌏
United Nations Sanctions (Iran) Amendment Regulations 2007
(continued from previous page)
🌏 External Affairs & TerritoriesSanctions, 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