B. | Legal persons, entities and bodies | Names (Transliteration into Latin script) | Names | Identifying information | Reasons for listing | Date of listing | 1. | Shakad Sanat Asmari
| شکاد صنعت آسماری (Farsi spelling)
| Address: Haft-e Tir Sq, 378 Moftah Shomali St, third floor, Tehran, Iran, postal code 1588944546 Type of entity: Limited Liability Company Place of registration: Tehran, Iran Date of registration: 24.10.2016 Principal place of business: Iran | Shakad Sanat Asmari is an Iranian company that develops and manufactures components for the Shahed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). It is therefore supporting and involved in Iran’s UAV programme. | 11.12.2023 |
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| National ID: 14006189580 Registration number: 498744 Associated individuals: Hadi Zahourian (Chief Executive Officer); Mohammad Shahab Khanian (Deputy Chief Executive Officer); Ehsan Rahat Varnosfadrani (Chief scientist and former Chief Executive Officer) |
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| 2. | Baharestan Kish Company | شرکت بهارستان کیش (Farsi spelling) | Address no. 1: Unit 17, Fifth Floor, Yas Building, Number 116, Sheikh Fazlollah Highway, Teimuri Blvd, before Sharif University Metro Station, Tehran, Iran; Address no. 2: Unit 18, Fifth Floor, Yas Building, Number 116, Sheikh Fazlollah Highway, Teimuri Blvd, before Sharif University Metro Station, Tehran, Iran; Address no. 3: Unit 19, Fifth Floor, Yas Building, Number 116, Sheikh Fazlollah Highway, Teimuri Blvd, before Sharif University Metro Station, Tehran 1459994450, Iran; Address no. 4: No 47, East 18th Street, Farhang Boulevard, Sa’adat Abad, Tehran 1997857976, Iran; Address no. 5: Unit 2, First Floor, EX35, Number 2, Exhibition Industrial Town, Kish Island 7941659854, Iran; Place of registration:Iran Date of registration: 2002 Associated individuals: Rahmatollah Heidari (Managing Director and a member of the board of directors) | Baharestan Kish Company manufactures unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) components for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The company has also worked on Shahed UAV components, which were exported to Russia. Baharestan Kish Company has overseen various defense-related projects, which included the manufacturing of UAVs. It is therefore supporting and involved in Iran’s UAV programme. | 11.12.2023 | 3. | Saad Sazeh Faraz Sharif a.k.a. Daria Fanavar Borhan Sharif; Sadid Sazeh Parvaz Sharif | سدید سازه پرواز شریف/داریا فن آور برهان شریف/شرکت سعد سازه فراز شریف (Farsi spelling) | Address: Tehran Province – Tehran City – Central Sector – Tehran City – Shahrak Ansar Neighborhood – Tehran Karaj Highway – Chogan Street 9 – Plate 0 – Ground Floor Type of entity: Limited Liability Company Place of registration:Tehran, Iran Date of registration: 2017 Registration number: 534295 Principal place of business: Iran Associated individuals: Ehsan Imaninejad (Chief Executive Officer) | Saad Sazeh Faraz Sharif is an Iranian company that offers aerospace engineering services and manufactures parts of the Shahed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). It is therefore supporting and involved in Iran’s UAV programme. | 11.12.2023 | 4. | Sarmad Electronic Sepahan Company a.k.a. Sarmad Electronics; Sarmad Electronic Sepahan; Sarmad Electronics Co.
| سرمد الکترونیک سپاهان
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| Address: Second Floor, No 309, Alley 28, South Abou Na’im Street, Jaber Ansari Street, Isfahan, Iran Place of registration: Iran Date of registration: 2014 Principal place of business: Iran | Sarmad Electronic Sepahan Company is an Iranian company that produces the specific components used in Iranian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Those UAVs are deployed by Russia in its war of aggression against Ukraine. Servomotors and flowmotors in detached Iranian UAVs found on the Ukrainian battlefield have been traced back directly to Sarmad Electronic Sepahan Company. The company itself advertises its activities in Iran by claiming to be active in large sensitive industries in the country, including that of UAVs. It is therefore supporting and involved in Iran’s UAV programme | 11.12.2023 | 5. | Kimia Part Sivan Company (KIPAS) a.k.a. Kimiar Parts Sibon | شرکت کیمیا پارت سیوان (کیپس) (Farsi spelling) | Address: 1st Street, 6th Side Street, No 81, Jey Industrial Park, Isfahan 8376100000, Iran; Place of registration: Iran Registration number: 10320661315 or 414950 or 47779. | Kimia Part Sivan Company (KIPAS) is an Iran-based company that has worked with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force (IRGC-QF) to improve the force’s unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) programme. KIPAS officials have conducted UAV flight tests for the IRGC-QF and have provided technical assistance for IRGC-QF UAVs transferred to Iraq for use in IRGC-QF operations. KIPAS has also procured valuable UAV components for onward use by the IRGC. It is therefore supporting and involved in Iran’s UAV programme. | 11.12.2023’ |
6. | Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters (KCHG) a.k.a. Khatam al-Anbiye Central Headquarters; KACHQ | قرارگاه مرکزی خاتمالانبیا (ص) (Farsi spelling) | Type of entity: government entity Associated entities: Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Associated individuals: Gholam Ali RASHID (commander of KCHG) | The Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters (KCHG) is the central entity in the command chain of Iran’s armed forces making operational military decisions, as well as coordinating between Iran’s conventional army (Artesh) and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which both procure and deploy unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The KCHG’s mission is to oversee offensive and defensive operations, including through its regional and thematic headquarters such as the ones in the Persian Gulf or Gulf of Oman, which report to the main headquarters. It is also responsible for planning and coordinating joint military operations, including drills. The KCHG is headed by the EU-listed IRGC commander Gholam Ali Rashid, who has overseen UAV deployments and supervised UAV battlefield readiness in drills and exercises. Preceding IRGC and Artesh in the command chain, thereby overseeing all of Iran’s armed forces, intelligence and EU-listed Khatam al-Anbiya Construction Headquarters, Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters is at the core of Iran’s military forces and therefore involved in transferring UAVs to Russia in support of its war of aggression against Ukraine and to armed groups and entities undermining peace and security in the Middle East and the Red Sea region. Furthermore, the KCHG is involved in Iran’s UAV programme. | 31.5.2024 | 7. | Kavan Electronics Behrad LLC a.k.a. Kavan Electronics; Kavan Electronic co. LTD; Kavan Electronic Company; Kavan Electronic Sadr Aria Engineering Limited Liability Company | شرکت بامسیولیت محدود کاوان الکترونیک بهراد (Farsi spelling) | Address: No 63, Unit 4, Shahrara, Patrice Lumumba St., Abshori Sharghi St., Tehran 144593491, Iran Type of entity: limited liability company (LLC) Place of registration: Iran Date of registration: 13.7.2016 Registration number: 495080 (Iran) National ID number: 14005997725 (Iran) Principal place of business: Iran Associated entities: Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Research and Self-Sufficiency Jihad Organisation (IRGC SSJO) Associated individuals: Hossein Hatefi ARDAKANI (Chairman of the Board of Directors); Mehdi Dehghani MOHAMMADABADI (CEO) | Kavan Electronics Behrad LLC is an Iran-based company procuring and selling servomotors and other components relevant for the manufacturing of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to the EU-listed Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Research and Self-Sufficiency Jihad Organisation (IRGC SSJO) The company’s Chairman of the Board of Directors is the EU-listed Hossein Hatefi Ardakani, who oversees a transnational procurement network that spans the Middle East and East Asia, which caters for the production of UAVs overseen by the IRGC SSJO. Kavan Electronics Behrad LLC is therefore involved in Iran’s UAV programme. It is also involved in transferring Iran’s UAVs to Russia in support of its war of aggression against Ukraine. | 31.5.2024 | 8. | Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) a.k.a. Nirooy-e Daryaei-e Sepah; NEDSA | نیروی دریایی سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی (Farsi spelling) | Type of entity: government entity Place of registration: Bandar Abbas, Iran Date of registration: 1981 Principal place of business: Iran Associated entities: Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) | The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) is part of the IRGC, and includes an unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) division and a missiles division. The IRGC Navy is equipped with Iranian UAVs and missiles and engages in asymmetrical warfare methods. The IRGC Navy has a Naval Academy in which it provides training on firing anti-ship missiles and operating UAVs. Iranian-backed militias and proxies are trained at the Naval Academy. The IRGC Navy is involved in facilitating the transport of Iranian arms, including Iranian UAVs and missiles. Those missiles and UAVs are deployed by armed groups like the Houthis and Hezbollah to undermine peace and security in the Middle East and Red Sea region. Therefore, the IRGC Navy is involved in Iran’s UAV and missile programmes and involved in transferring Iran’s missiles to armed groups and entities undermining peace and security in the Middle East and the Red Sea region. |
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9. | Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Research and Self-Sufficiency Jihad Organisation (IRGC SSJO) | سازمان تحقیقات و جهادخودکفایی سپاه پاسداران (Farsi spelling) | Type of entity: government entity Place of registration: Iran Principal place of business: Iran Associated entities: Kavan Electronics Behrad LLC | The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Research and Self-Sufficiency Jihad Organisation (IRGC SSJO) is a research and development unit that develops and manufactures ground penetrating radar, communication systems, weaponry, combat vehicles and electronic cyberwarfare equipment. As part of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the IRGC SSJO has been involved in research, development and procurement activities linked to the development of Iranian UAVs and missiles. The IRGC SSJO is therefore involved in Iran’s UAV and missile programmes and in transferring Iranian UAVs to Russia in support of its war of aggression against Ukraine. | 24.6.2024’ |
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