2008/475/EC: Council Decision of 23 June 2008 implementing Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 423/2007 concerning restrictive measures against Iran
Date: 2008-06-23
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Iran, economic sanctions, legal person, natural person, nuclear non-proliferation

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DECISIONS

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 23 June 2008

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

(2008/475/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

that Regulation for the individual and specific reasons
given,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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

Whereas:

(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 additional
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 to

Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 423/2007 shall be replaced by
the text set out in the Annex to this Decision.

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

Article 2

Done at Luxembourg, 23 June 2008.

For the Council
The President

I. JARC

(1) OJ L 103, 20.4.2007, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 219/2008 (OJ L 68, 12.3.2008, p. 5).

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX V

A. Natural persons

Name

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

Passport

15.3.1949

DoB:
number:
S4409483 valid 26.4.2000 – 27.4.2010
passport
Issued:
Tehran, Diplomatic
number:
on
22.1.2008 valid until 21.1.2013, Place
of birth: Khoy

D9001950,

issued

1.

Reza AGHAZADEH

2.

3.

IRGC Brigadier-General
Javad DARVISH-VAND

IRGC Brigadier-General
Seyyed Mahdi FARAHI

4. Dr Hoseyn (Hossein)

FAQIHIAN

Address of NFPC: AEOI-NFPD, P.O. Box:
11365-8486, Tehran/Iran

5.

Engineer Mojtaba HAERI

6.

IRGC Brigadier-General Ali
HOSEYNITASH

7. Mohammad Ali JAFARI,

IRGC

8. Mahmood JANNATIAN

9.

Said Esmail KHALILIPOUR DoB: 24.11.1945, PoB: Langroud

10. Ali Reza KHANCHI

Address of NRC: AEOI-NRC P.O. Box:
11365-8486 Tehran/Iran; Fax:
(+9821)
8021412

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

24.4.2007

MODAFL Deputy for Inspection. Responsible for
all MODAFL facilities and installations

24.6.2008

Managing Director of
the Defence Industries
Organisation (DIO) which is designated under
UNSCR 1737 (2006)

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24.4.2007

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

activities

Iran

MADAFL Deputy for Industry. Supervisory role
over AIO and DIO

24.6.2008

Head of the General Department of the Supreme
National Security Council and involved in formu-
lating policy on the nuclear issue

24.6.2008

Occupe un poste de commandement au sein des
IRGC

24.6.2008

Deputy Head of the Atomic Energy Organisation
of Iran

24.6.2008

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

24.4.2007

24.4.2007

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

11.

Ebrahim MAHMUDZADEH

Managing Director of Iran Electronic Industries

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Name

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

12.

Brigadier-General Beik
MOHAMMADLU

13. Anis NACCACHE

14.

Brigadier-General
Mohammad NADERI

15.

IRGC Brigadier-General
Mostafa Mohammad
NAJJAR

16. Dr Javad RAHIQI

DoB: 21.4.1954, PoB: Mashad

17.

Rear Admiral Mohammad
SHAFI’I RUDSARI

18.

IRGC Brigadier-General Ali
SHAMSHIRI

19. Abdollah SOLAT SANA

20.

IRGC Brigadier-General
Ahmad VAHIDI

MODAFL Deputy for Supplies and Logistics

24.6.2008

Administrateur des Barzagani Tejarat Tavanmad
Saccal companies; sa société a tenté d’acquérir
des biens sensibles, au bénéfice d’entités listées
au titre de la résolution 1737

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Head of Aerospace Industries Organisation (AIO),
AIO a participé à des programmes sensibles
iraniens

24.6.2008

Minister of MODAFL, responsable de l’ensemble
des programmes militaires,
compris des
programmes de missiles balistiques.

y

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24.4.2007

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

MODAFL Deputy for Co-ordination

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MODAFL Deputy
Counter-Intelligence,
for
responsible for security of MODAFL personnel
and Installations

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

(UF6)

24.4.2007

Deputy Head of MODAFL

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B. Legal persons, entities and bodies

Name

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

1. Aerospace Industries

AIO, 28 Shian 5, Lavizan, Tehran

Organisation, AIO

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

Industrial Group and

senior officials were

24.4.2007

2. Armament Industries

Pasdaran Av., P.O. Box 19585/777,
Tehran

A subsidiary of
Organisation).

the DIO (Defence Industries

24.4.2007

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Name

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

3. Armed Forces Geographical

Organisation

Assessed to provide geospatial data for
Ballistic Missile programme

the

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4.

Bank Melli, Melli Bank Iran
and all branches and
subsidiaries including

Ferdowsi Avenue, P.O. Box 11365-171,
Tehran

(a) Melli Bank plc

London Wall, 11th floor, London EC2Y
5EA, United Kingdom

(b) Bank Melli Iran Zao

Number 9/1, Ulitsa Mashkova, Moscow,
130064, Russia

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Providing or attempting to provide financial
support
for companies which are involved in
or procure goods for Iran’s nuclear and missile
programmes (AIO, SHIG, SBIG, AEOI, Novin
Energy Company, Mesbah Energy Company,
Kalaye Electric Company and DIO). Bank Melli
serves as a facilitator for Iran’s sensitive activities.
It has facilitated numerous purchases of sensitive
and missile
materials
programmes.
range of
financial services on behalf of entities linked to
Iran's nuclear and missile industries,
including
opening
and maintaining
accounts. Many of the above companies have
been designated by UNSCRs 1737 and 1747.

It has provided a

letters of

nuclear

Iran’s

credit

for

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

Pasdaran Av., P.O. Box 19585/777,
Tehran

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

24.4.2007

6.

Iran Electronic Industries

P.O. Box 18575-365, Tehran, Iran

7.

IRGC Air Force

Wholly-owned subsidiary of MODAFL (and
therefore a sister-organisation to AIO, AvIO
and DIO). Its role is to manufacture electronic
components for Iranian weapons systems.

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Operates Iran’s inventory of short and medium
range ballistic missiles. The head of the IRGC air
force was designated by UNSCR 1737.

24.6.2008

8.

Khatem-ol Anbiya
Construction Organisation

Number 221, North Falamak-Zarafshan
Intersection,
Shahkrak-E-
Phase,
Ghods, Tehran 14678, Iran

4th

IRGC-owned group of companies. Uses IRGC
engineering resources for construction acting as
prime contractor on major projects including
tunnelling,
Iranian
assessed to support
ballistic missile and nuclear programmes.

the

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9. Malek Ashtar University

Liée au Ministère de la Défense, a crée en 2003
une formation sur les missiles, en étroite colla-
boration avec l’AIO

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10. Marine Industries

Pasdaran Av., P.O. Box 19585/777,
Tehran

A subsidiary of the DIO.

24.4.2007

11. Mechanic Industries Group

A participé à la production de composants pour
le programme balistique

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12. Ministry of Defence and
Armed Forces Logistics
(MODAFL)

side of Dabestan Street, Abbas

West
Abad District, Tehran

Responsible for Iran’s defence research, develop-
ment and manufacturing programmes, including
support to missile and nuclear programmes

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Name

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

13. Ministry of Defence

P.O. Box 16315-189, Tehran, Iran

Logistics Export (MODLEX)

14.

3M Mizan Machinery
Manufacturing

15. Nuclear Fuel Production

and Procurement Company
(NFPC)

AEOI-NFPD,
Tehran/Iran

P.O. Box: 11365-8486,

It is the export arm of MODAFL, and the agency
used for exporting finished weapons in state-to-
state transactions. Under UNSCR 1747 (2007)
MODLEX should not be trading.

24.6.2008

Société écran de l’AIO, participant à des acqui-
sitions dans le domaine balistique.

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24.4.2007

fuel

cycle

nuclear

including:

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

in the nuclear

cycle

fuel

16.

Parchin Chemical Industries

A travaillé sur des techniques de propulsion pour
le programme balistique iranien

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17.

Special Industries Group

Pasdaran Av., P.O. Box 19585/777,
Tehran

A subsidiary of the DIO.

24.4.2007

18.

State Purchasing Organisa-
tion (SPO)

The SPO appears to facilitate the import of
It appears to be a subsidiary
whole weapons.
of MODAFL

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