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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2010-413/annex-II/division-II",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2010/413",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision 2010/413/CFSP of 26 July 2010 concerning restrictive measures against Iran and repealing Common Position 2007/140/CFSP",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2010-413",
  "path": "annex/II/division/II",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "II",
  "heading": "Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)",
  "text": "A.\nPersons\nName\nIdentifying information\nReasons\nDate of listing\n1.\nIRGC Brigadier-General Javad DARVISH-VAND\nFormer Deputy Minister and Inspector General of MODAFL.\n23.6.2008\n2.\nRear Admiral Ali FADAVI\nCommander of IRGC Navy\n26.7.2010\n3.\nParviz FATAH\nborn 1961\nMember of the IRGC. Former Minister of Energy.\n26.7.2010\n4.\nIRGC Brigadier-General Seyyed Mahdi FARAHI\nFormer head of Iran's Aerospace Industries Organisation (AIO) and former managing director of the UN-designated Defence Industries Organisation (DIO). Member of the IRGC and a Deputy in Iran's Ministry of Defense for Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL).\n23.6.2008\n5.\nIRGC Brigadier-General Ali HOSEYNITASH\nMember of the IRGC. Member of the Supreme National Security Council and involved in formulating policy on nuclear issues.\n23.6.2008\n6.\nIRGC Mohammad Ali JAFARI\nFormer Commander of the IRGC.\n23.6.2008\n7.\nIRGC Brigadier-General Mostafa Mohammad NAJJAR\nFormer Minister for the Interior and former Minister of MODAFL, responsible for all military programmes, including ballistic missiles programmes. Currently, senior advisor to the Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces.\n23.6.2008\n8.\nIRGC Brigadier-General Mohammad Reza NAQDI\nPOB: Nadjaf, Iraq\nDOB: 1953\nDeputy Coordinator of the IRGC. Former Deputy Commander of IRGC for Cultural and Social Affairs. Former Commander of Basij Resistance Force.\n26.7.2010\n9.\nBrigGen Mohammad PAKPUR\nCommander of IRGC Ground Forces\n26.7.2010\n10.\nRostam QASEMI (a.k.a. Rostam GHASEMI)\nBorn in 1961\nFormer Commander of Khatam al-Anbiya.\n26.7.2010\n11.\nIRGC Brigadier-General Hossein SALAMI\nCommander of the IRGC.\n26.7.2010\n12.\nIRGC Brigadier-General Ali SHAMSHIRI\nMember of the IRGC. Has held senior roles in MODAFL.\n23.6.2008\n13.\nIRGC Brigadier-General Ahmad VAHIDI\nPresident of the Supreme National Defense University and former Minister of MODAFL.\n23.6.2008\n15.\nAbolghassem Mozaffari SHAMS\nFormer head of Khatam al-Anbiya Construction Headquarters.\n1.12.2011\n17.\nAli Ashraf NOURI\nIRGC Deputy Commander, IRGC Political Bureau Chief\n23.1.2012\n18.\nHojatoleslam Ali SAIDI (a.k.a. Hojjat- al-Eslam Ali Saidi or Saeedi\nRepresentative of the Supreme Leader to the IRGC\n23.1.2012\n19.\nIRGC Brigadier-General Amir Ali Haji ZADEH (a.k.a. Amir Ali HAJIZADEH)\nIRGC Aerospace Force Commander.\n23.1.2012\nB.\nEntities\nName\nIdentifying information\nReasons\nDate of listing\n1.\nIslamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)\nTehran, Iran\nResponsible for Iran’s nuclear programme. Has operational control for Iran’s ballistic missile programme. Has undertaken procurement attempts to support Iran's ballistic missiles and nuclear programmes\n26.7.2010\n2.\nIRGC Air Force\nOperates Iran's inventory of short and medium range ballistic missiles. The head of the IRGC air force was designated by UNSCR 1737 (2006)\n23.6.2008\n3.\nIRGC-Air Force Al-Ghadir Missile Command\nThe IRGC-Air Force Al-Ghadir Missile Command is a specific element within the IRGC Air Force that has been working with SBIG (designated under UNSCR 1737) with the FATEH 110, short range ballistic missile as well as the Ashura medium range ballistic missile. This command appears to be the entity that actually has the operational control of the missiles.\n26.7.2010\n4.\nNaserin Vahid\nNaserin Vahid produces weapons parts on behalf of the IRGC. An IRGC front company.\n26.7.2010\n5.\nIRGC Qods Force\nTehran, Iran\nIran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Qods Force is responsible for operations outside Iran and is Tehran's principal foreign policy tool for special operations and support to terrorists and Islamic militants abroad. Hizballah used Qods Force-supplied rockets, anti-ship cruise missiles (ASCMs), man-portable air defense systems (MANPADS), and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the 2006 conflict with Israel and benefited from Qods Force training on these systems, according to press reporting. According to a variety of reports, the Qods Force continues to re-supply and train Hizballah on advanced weaponry, anti-aircraft missiles, and long-range rockets. The Qods Force continues to provide limited lethal support, training, and funding to Taliban fighters in southern and western Afghanistan including small arms, ammunition, mortars, and short-range battlefield rockets. Commander has been sanctioned under UNSCR\n26.7.2010\n6.\nSepanir Oil and Gas Energy Engineering Company (a.k.a. Sepah Nir)\nA subsidiary of Khatam al-Anbya Construction Headquarters which was designated under UNSCR 1929. Sepanir Oil and Gas Engineering Company is participating in Iran's South Pars offshore Phase 15-16 gas field development project.\n26.7.2010\n7.\nBonyad Taavon Sepah (a.k.a. IRGC Cooperative Foundation; Bonyad-e Ta'avon-Sepah; Sepah Cooperative Foundation)\nNiayes Highway, Seoul Street, Tehran, Iran\nBonyad Taavon Sepah, also known as the IRGC Cooperative Foundation, was formed by the Commanders of the IRGC to structure the IRGC's investments. It is controlled by the IRGC. Bonyad Taavon Sepah's Board of Trustees is composed of nine members, of whom eight are IRGC members. These officers include the IRGC's Commander in Chief, who is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, the Supreme Leader's representative to the IRGC, the Basij commander, the IRGC Ground Forces commander, the IRGC Air Force commander, the IRGC Navy commander, the head of the IRGC Information Security Organization, a senior IRGC officer from the Armed Forces General Staff, and a senior IRGC officer from MODAFL.\n23.5.2011\n8.\nAnsar Bank (a.k.a. Ansar Finance and Credit Fund; Ansar Financial and Credit Institute; Ansae Institute; Ansar al-Mojahedin No-Interest Loan Institute; Ansar Saving and Interest Free-Loans Fund)\nNo. 539, North Pasdaran Avenue, Tehran; Ansar Building, North Khaje Nasir Street, Tehran, Iran\nBonyad Taavon Sepah created Ansar Bank to provide financial and credit services to IRGC personnel. Initially, Ansar Bank operated as a credit union and transitioned in to a fully fledged bank in mid 2009, upon receiving a licence from Iran's Central bank. Ansar Bank, formerly known as Ansar al Mojahedin, has been linked to the IRGC for over 20 years. IRGC members received their salaries through Ansar bank.\nIn addition, Ansar bank provided special benefits to IRGC personnel, including reduced rates for home furnishings and free, or reduced-cost, health care.\n23.5.2011\n9.\nMehr Bank (a.k.a Mehr Finance and Credit Institute; Mehr Interest-Free Bank)\nNo. 182, Shahid Tohidi St, 4th Golsetan, Pasdaran Ave, Tehran 1666943, Iran\nMehr Bank is controlled by Bonyas Taavon Sepah and the IRGC. Mehr Bank provides financial services to the IRGC. According to an open source interview with the head of Bonyad Taavon Sepah, Parviz Fattah (b. 1961), Bonyad Taavon Sepah created Mehr Bank to serve the Basij (paramilitary arm of the IRGC).\n23.5.2011\n11.\nBehnam Sahriyari Trading Company\nPostal address: Ziba Building, 10th Floor, Northern Sohrevardi Street, Tehran, Iran\nInvolved in the shipment of arms on behalf of the IRGC.\n23.1.2012\n12.\nEtemad Amin Invest Co Mobin\nPasadaran Av. Tehran, Iran\nA company owned or controlled by IRGC that contributes to financing the strategic interests of the regime.\n26.7.2010",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Council Decision 2010/644/CFSP of 25 October 2010 amending Decision 2010/413/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Iran and repealing Common Position 2007/140/CFSP."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Substituted by Council Decision (CFSP) 2019/870 of 27 May 2019 amending Decision 2010/413/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Iran."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Substituted by Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/849 of 18 June 2020 amending Decision 2010/413/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Iran."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Substituted by Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/833 of 4 June 2018 amending Decision 2010/413/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Iran."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Deleted by Council Decision 2012/457/CFSP of 2 August 2012 amending Decision 2010/413/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Iran."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Inserted by Council Decision 2012/35/CFSP of 23 January 2012 amending Decision 2010/413/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Iran."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Inserted by Council Decision 2011/299/CFSP of 23 May 2011 amending Decision 2010/413/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Iran."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Deleted by Council Decision 2013/270/CFSP of 6 June 2013 amending Decision 2010/413/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Iran."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Inserted by Council Decision (CFSP) 2019/870 of 27 May 2019 amending Decision 2010/413/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Iran."
    },
    {
      "type": "X",
      "label": "X1",
      "text": "Substituted by Corrigendum to Council Decision 2011/299/CFSP of 23 May 2011 amending Decision 2010/413/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Iran (Official Journal of the European Union L 136 of 24 May 2011)."
    }
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