Council Common Position 2008/479/CFSP of 23 June 2008 amending Common Position 2007/140/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Iran
Date: 2008-06-23
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Iran, economic sanctions, international sanctions, legal person, natural person, nuclear non-proliferation

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(Acts adopted under the EU Treaty)

ACTS ADOPTED UNDER TITLE V OF THE EU TREATY

COUNCIL COMMON POSITION 2008/479/CFSP

of 23 June 2008

amending Common Position 2007/140/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Iran

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

1.

in Article 5, subparagraph (b) of paragraph 5 shall be
replaced by the following:

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in
particular Article 15 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Following the adoption of United Nations Security
Council Resolution 1737 (2006),
the
European Union adopted on 27 February 2007
Common Position 2007/140/CFSP concerning restrictive
measures against Iran (1).

the Council of

The prohibition on making funds or economic resources
available to the persons and entities subject to restrictive
measures
to frozen
should not prevent payments
accounts due under contracts, agreements or obligations
that were concluded or arose before the date on which
those accounts became subject to restrictive measures
provided that any such payments also remain frozen.

fulfil

the criteria set out

The Council has identified additional persons and entities
that
in Articles 4(1)(b) and
5(1)(b) of Common Position 2007/140/CFSP. These
persons and entities
listed in
Annex II to that Common Position,

should therefore be

‘(b) payments

to frozen accounts due under contracts,
agreements or obligations that were concluded or arose
before the date on which those accounts became subject
to restrictive measures,’;

2. Annex II

to Common Position 2007/140/CFSP shall be
replaced by the text appearing in the Annex to this
Common Position.

Article 2

This Common Position shall
adoption.

take effect on the date of

its

Article 3

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

Done at Luxembourg, 23 June 2008.

HAS ADOPTED THIS COMMON POSITION:

Article 1

Common Position 2007/140/CFSP is hereby amended as
follows:

For the Council
The President

I. JARC

(1) OJ L 61, 28.2.2007, p. 49. Common Position as amended by
Common Position 2007/246/CFSP (OJ L 106, 24.4.2007, p. 67).

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ANNEX

A. Natural persons

Name

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

1.

Reza AGHAZADEH

2. Amir Moayyed ALAI

3. Mohammed Fedai ASHIANI

4. Haleh BAKHTIAR

5. Morteza BEHZAD

6.

IRGC Brigadier-General
Javad DARVISH-VAND

7. Dr. Mohammad ESLAMI

8.

IRGC Brigadier-General
Seyyed Mahdi FARAHI

Passport

15.3.1949
valid

number:
DoB:
26.4.2000 —
S4409483
27.4.2010 Issued: Tehran, Diplomatic
passport number: D9001950,
issued on
22.1.2008 valid until 21.1.2013, Place of
birth: Khoy

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

23.4.2007

Involved in managing the assembly and engi-
Iran is required by the
neering of centrifuges.
IAEA Board and 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
role in managing the
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
enrichment-related activities. On
suspend all
received a special
27 August 2006, Ashiani
award from President Ahmadinejad for his role
in the AUC production process and for his role
in the management and engineering design for
the enrichment complex at Natanz (Kashan) site.

role

for
a

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

IAEA access

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

includes

all

23.4.2007

23.4.2007

23.4.2007

23.4.2007

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

23.6.2008

of Defence

Head
Research Institute

Industries Training

and

23.6.2008

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

23.6.2008

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Name

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

9. Dr Hoseyn (Hossein)

FAQIHIAN

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

10.

Engineer Mojtaba HAERI

11.

IRGC Brigadier-General Ali
HOSEYNITASH

12.

Seyyed Hussein (Hossein)
HUSSEINI (HOSSEINI)

13. Mohammad Ali JAFARI,

IRGC

14. Mahmood JANNATIAN

15. M. Javad KARIMI SABET

27.7.1973,

number:
issued on 8.4.2006 valid

Passport

DoB:
K8196482,
until 8.4.2011

16.

Said Esmail KHALILIPOUR DoB: 24.11.1945, PoB: Langroud

17. Ali Reza KHANCHI

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

23.4.2007

Deputy and Director-General of the Nuclear Fuel
Production and Procurement Company (NFPC),
the AEOI. The AEOI oversees Iran's
part of
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

23.6.2008

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

23.6.2008

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.

23.4.2007

Occupe un poste de commandement au sein des
IRGC

23.6.2008

Deputy Head of the Atomic Energy Organisation
of Iran

23.6.2008

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 commissioning nuclear
equipment at the Natanz site.

23.4.2007

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

23.4.2007

23.4.2007

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,
presence of HEU particles
in environmental
samples
the Karaj Waste Storage
taken at
Facility where containers used to store depleted
uranium targets used in those experiments are
Iran's nuclear
located. The AEOI oversees
programme and is designated under UNSCR
1737 (2006).

18.

Ebrahim MAHMUDZADEH

Managing Director of Iran Electronic Industries

23.6.2008

19. Hamid-Reza MOHAJERANI

Involved in production management at
the
Uranium Conversion Facility (UCF) at Esfahan.
received a
On 27 August 2006, Mohajerani
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).

23.4.2007

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Name

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

20.

Brigadier-General Beik
MOHAMMADLU

21. Anis NACCACHE

22.

Brigadier-General
Mohammad NADERI

23.

IRGC Brigadier-General
Mostafa Mohammad
NAJJAR

24. Houshang NOBARI

25. Dr Javad RAHIQI

DoB: 21.4.1954, PoB: Mashad

26. Abbas RASHIDI

27.

Rear Admiral Mohammad
SHAFI’I RUDSARI

28.

IRGC Brigadier-General Ali
SHAMSHIRI

29. Abdollah SOLAT SANA

30.

IRGC Brigadier-General
Ahmad VAHIDI

MODAFL Deputy for Supplies and Logistics

23.6.2008

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

23.6.2008

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

23.6.2008

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

y

23.6.2008

23.4.2007

23.4.2007

23.4.2007

the Natanz
Involved in the management of
Iran is required by the
enrichment complex.
IAEA Board and 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 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
enrichment-related activities. This
includes all
uranium conversion work. AEOI oversees Iran’s
nuclear programme and is designated under
UNSCR 1737 (2006).

Involved in enrichment work at Natanz. Iran is
required by the IAEA Board and Security Council
to suspend all enrichment-related activities. On
received a special
27 August 2006, Rashidi
award from President Ahmadinejad for his
management and notable role in the successful
operation of
enrichment
the 164-centrifuge
cascade at Natanz.

MODAFL Deputy for Co-ordination

23.6.2008

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

23.6.2008

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)

23.4.2007

Deputy Head of MODAFL

23.6.2008

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B. Entities

Name

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

1. Abzar Boresh Kaveh Co.
(ABK Co. Kaveh Cutting
Tools Co.)

Participe à la production de composants de
centrifugeuses.

23.6.2008

2. 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

23.4.2007

3. Armament Industries

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

A subsidiary of
Organisation).

the DIO (Defence Industries

23.4.2007

4. Armed Forces Geographical

Organisation

Assessed to provide geospatial data for
Ballistic Missile programme

the

23.6.2008

5.

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

23.6.2008

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
including
Iran's nuclear and missile industries,
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

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.

23.4.2007

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

7.

Electro Sanam Company
(E.S.Co.)

8.

Ettehad Technical Group

9.

Industrial Factories of
Precision-Machinery (IFP)
(Instrumentation Factories
Plant, Fajr Industrial Group)

10.

Iran Electronic Industries

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

11.

IRGC Air Force

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

23.6.2008

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

23.6.2008

Utilisé par l’AIO pour des tentatives d’acquisition.

23.6.2008

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.

23.6.2008

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

23.6.2008

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Name

Identifying information

Reasons

12.

Jaber Ibn Hayan

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

Iran)

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

Date of listing

23.4.2007

13.

Joza Industrial Co.

14.

Khatem-ol Anbiya
Construction Organisation

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

4th

15.

Khorasan Metallurgy
Industries

16. Malek Ashtar University

Société
programme balistique.

écran de

l’AIO impliquée dans

le

23.6.2008

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

23.6.2008

la Ammunition Industries Group,
Filiale de
dépendant du DIO, impliquée dans la production
de composants de centrifugeuses.

23.6.2008

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

23.6.2008

17. Marine Industries

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

A subsidiary of the DIO.

23.4.2007

18. Mechanic Industries Group

A participé à la production de composants pour
le programme balistique

23.6.2008

19. 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

20. Ministry of Defence

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

Logistics Export (MODLEX)

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.

23.6.2008

23.6.2008

21.

3M Mizan Machinery
Manufacturing

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

23.6.2008

22. Nuclear Fuel Production

and Procurement Company
(NFPC)

AEOI-NFPD,
Tehran/Iran

P.O. Box: 11365-8486,

23.

Parchin Chemical Industries

24.

25.

Pishgam (Pioneer) Energy
Industries Company

Safety Equipment
Procurement

23.4.2007

fuel

cycle

nuclear

including:

Nuclear Fuel Production Division (NFPD) of
AEOI is research and development in the field
uranium
of
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-
including
ment
conversion and enrichment

in the nuclear

cycle

fuel

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

23.6.2008

A participé à la construction de l’usine de
conversion de l’uranium à Ispahan

23.6.2008

Société
programme balistique.

écran de

l’AIO impliquée dans

le

23.6.2008

26.

Special Industries Group

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

A subsidiary of the DIO.

23.4.2007

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Name

Identifying information

Reasons

27.

State Purchasing Organisa-
tion (SPO)

28.

TAMAS Company

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

is

in

involved

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

Date of listing

23.6.2008

23.4.2007