2007/242/EC: Council Decision of 23 April 2007 implementing Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 423/2007 concerning restrictive measures against Iran
Date: 2007-04-23
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Iran, dual-use good, economic sanctions, export monitoring, nuclear non-proliferation, technology transfer

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COUNCIL DECISION

of 23 April 2007

implementing Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 423/2007 concerning restrictive measures against
Iran

(2007/242/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 423/2007 of
19 April 2007 (1), and in particular Article 15(2) thereof,

Article 1

The persons, entities and bodies appearing in the Annex to this
Decision shall be listed under Annex V of Regulation (EC)
No 423/2007.

Whereas:

Article 2

(1)

(2)

On 19 April 2007, the Council adopted Regulation (EC)
No 423/2007 concerning restrictive measures against
Iran. Article 15(2) of that Regulation provides that the
Council shall establish, review and amend the list of
persons, entities and bodies referred to in Article 7(2)
of that Regulation.

The Council has determined that certain persons, entities
and bodies fulfil the conditions laid down in Article 7(2)
of Regulation (EC) No 423/2007 and that they should
therefore be listed in Annex V of that Regulation for the
individual and specific reasons set out therein,

This Decision shall take effect on the day of its publication.

Article 3

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the
European Union.

Done at Luxembourg, 23 April 2007.

For the Council
The President

F.-W. STEINMEIER

(1) OJ L 103, 20.4.2007, p. 1.

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ANNEX

‘A. Legal persons, entities and bodies

Name

Identifying information

Reasons

1.

Aerospace Industries
Organisation (AIO)

AIO, 28 Shian 5, Lavizan, Tehran The AIO oversees
including

Iran's production of
missiles,
Shahid Hemmat
the
Industrial Group, the Shahid Bagheri Industrial
Group and the Fajr Industrial Group, which
were
all designated under UNSCR 1737
(2006). The head of the AIO and two other
senior officials were also designated under
UNSCR 1737 (2006).

2.

Armament Industries

Pasdaran Av., PO Box 19585/777,
Tehran

A subsidiary of the DIO (Defence Industries
Organisation).

3.

Defence Technology and
Science Research Centre
(DTSRC) — also known as
the Educational Research
Institute/Moassese Amozeh
Va Tahgiaghati (ERI/MAVT
Co.)

4.

Jaber Ibn Hayan

Pasdaran Av., PO Box 19585/777,
Tehran

Responsible for R&D. A subsidiary of the DIO.
The DTSRC handles much of the procurement
for the DIO.

AEOI JIHRD, PO Box
11365-8486, Tehran; 84,
20th Av., Entehaye Karegar
Shomali Street, Tehran

cycle

Jaber Ibn Hayan is an AEOI (Atomic Energy
laboratory involved in
Organisation of Iran)
Located within the
fuel
activities.
Tehran Nuclear Research Centre (TNRC),
it
was not declared by Iran under its safeguards
agreement prior to 2003, although conversion
work was being carried out there.

5.

Marine Industries

Pasdaran Av., PO Box 19585/777,
Tehran

A subsidiary of the DIO.

6.

Nuclear Fuel Production
and Procurement
Company (NFPC)

AEOI-NFPD, PO Box
11365-8486, Tehran, Iran

The Nuclear Fuel Production Division (NFPD)
of the AEOI is involved in research and devel-
opment in the field of the nuclear fuel cycle,
including
uranium exploration, mining,
milling and conversion and nuclear waste
management. The NFPC is the successor to
the NFPD, the subsidiary company under the
AEOI that runs research and development in
the nuclear fuel cycle,
including conversion
and enrichment.

7.

Special Industries Group

Pasdaran Av., PO Box 19585/777,
Tehran

A subsidiary of the DIO.

8.

TAMAS Company

TAMAS is
involved in enrichment-related
activities, which Iran is required by the IAEA
Board and the Security Council to suspend.
TAMAS is
the overarching body, under
which four subsidiaries have been established,
including one doing uranium extraction to
concentration and another
in charge of
uranium processing, enrichment and waste.

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B. Natural persons

Name

Identifying information

Reasons

1.

Reza AGHAZADEH

Date of birth: 15.3.1949.
Passport number: S4409483,
valid 26.4.2000-27.4.2010.
Issued: Tehran. Place of birth:
Khoy.

2.

Amir Moayyed ALAI

3. Mohammed Fedai

ASHIANI

4.

Haleh BAKHTIAR

5. Morteza BEHZAD

6.

Dr Hoseyn (Hossein)
FAQIHIAN

Address of the NFPC: AEOI-
NFPD, PO Box 11365-8486,
Tehran, Iran.

Head of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran
(AEOI).
nuclear
programme and is designated under UNSCR
1737 (2006).

The AEOI

oversees

Iran's

Involved in managing the assembly and engin-
eering of centrifuges.
Iran is required by the
IAEA Board and the Security Council to suspend
all enrichment-related activities. This includes all
centrifuge-related work. On 27 August 2006
received a special award from President
Alai
Ahmadinejad for his
in managing the
role
assembly and engineering of centrifuges.

Involved in the production of ammonium uranyl
carbonate (AUC) and the management of
the
Natanz enrichment complex. Iran is required to
suspend all enrichment-related activities. On 27
August 2006 Ashiani received a special award
from President Ahmadinejad for his role in the
AUC production process and for his role in the
management of and engineering design for the
enrichment complex at the Natanz (Kashan) site.

role

for
a

her
concentration

Involved in the production of magnesium at a
concentration of 99,9 %. On 27 August 2006
Bakhtiar received a special award from President
producing
Ahmadinejad
magnesium at
of 99,9 %.
Magnesium of
this purity is used to produce
uranium metal, which can be cast into material
for
refused to
provide the IAEA with access to a document on
the production of uranium metal hemispheres,
only applicable for nuclear weapons use.

a nuclear weapon.

Iran has

in

to

all

suspend

Involved in making centrifuge components. Iran is
enrichment-related
required
activities. This
centrifuge-related
work. On 27 August 2006 Behzad received a
special award from President Ahmadinejad for
his
and sensitive
in making
centrifuge components.

complex

includes

role

all

the AEOI. The AEOI oversees

Deputy and Director General of the Nuclear Fuel
Production and Procurement Company (NFPC),
Iran's
part of
nuclear programme
and is designated under
UNSCR 1737 (2006). The NFPC is involved in
enrichment-related
is
required by the IAEA Board and the Security
Council to suspend.

activities, which

Iran

7.

Seyyed Hussein (Hossein)
HUSSEINI (HOSSEINI)

An AEOI official
involved in the heavy water
research reactor (IR40) project at Arak. UNSCR
1737 (2006) required Iran to suspend all work
on heavy water related projects.

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Name

Identifying information

Reasons

Address of the NRC: AEOI-
NRC, PO Box 11365-8486,
Tehran, Iran;
Fax (+9821) 8021412.

8.

Javad KARIMI SABET

9.

Said Esmail
KHALILIPOUR

10.

Ali Reza KHANCHI

11.

Hamid-Reza
MOHAJERANI

12.

Houshang NOBARI

13.

Dr Javad RAHIQI

14.

Abbas RASHIDI

15.

Abdollah SOLAT SANA

Head of the Novin Energy Company. In August
2006 Karimi Sabet
received an award from
President Ahmadinejad for his role in designing,
producing, installing and using nuclear equipment
at the Natanz site.

Deputy Head of the AEOI. The AEOI oversees
and is designated
Iran's nuclear programme
under UNSCR 1737 (2006).

Head of
the AEOI's Tehran Nuclear Research
Centre. The IAEA is continuing to seek clarifi-
cation from Iran about plutonium separation
experiments carried out at the TNRC,
including
about the presence of HEU particles in environ-
mental samples taken at the Karaj Waste Storage
Facility, where containers used to store depleted
uranium targets used in those experiments are
located.
nuclear
programme and is designated under UNSCR
1737 (2006).

The AEOI

oversees

Iran's

at

the
Involved in production management
Uranium Conversion Facility (UCF) at Esfahan.
On 27 August 2006 Mohajerani
received a
special award from President Ahmadinejad for
his role in production management at the UCF
and in planning, building and installing the UF6
unit (UF6 is the feed material for enrichment).

Iran is

the Natanz
Involved in the management of
enrichment complex.
required by the
IAEA Board and the Security Council to suspend
all enrichment-related activities. These include
activities at
the enrichment complex at Natanz
(Kashan). On 27 August 2006 Nobari received a
special award from President Ahmadinejad for his
role in the successful management and execution
of the Natanz (Kashan) site plan.

Head of the AEOI's Esfahan Nuclear Technology
the uranium conversion
Centre. This oversees
Iran is required by the IAEA
plant at Esfahan.
to suspend all
Board and the Security Council
enrichment-related activities. This
all
includes
uranium conversion work. The AEOI oversees
Iran's nuclear programme
and is designated
under UNSCR 1737 (2006).

to

suspend

Involved in enrichment work at Natanz. Iran is
required by the IAEA Board and the Security
Council
enrichment-related
activities. On 27 August 2006 Rashidi received a
special award from President Ahmadinejad for his
management and notable role in the successful
operation of
enrichment
cascade at Natanz.

the 164-centrifuge

all

Managing Director of
the Uranium Conversion
Facility (UCF) in Esfahan. This is the facility that
produces
the
feed material
enrichment
facilities at Natanz. On 27 August
2006 Solat Sana received a special award from
President Ahmadinejad for his role.’

(UF6)

the

for