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Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Qods Force

Terrorism · Sanctioned entity

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Qods Force is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below.

Type	Organization				[sources]
Name	IRGC · IRGC Qods Force · ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS (IRGC) QODS FORCE · ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS (IRGC)-QODS FORCE · Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps · 5 more...				[sources]
Other name	Al Qods · IRGC QF · IRGC-QF · IRGC-Quds Force · ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS (IRGC)-QODS FORCE · 15 more...				[sources]
Legal form	Military				[sources]
Country	Iran · Syria				[sources]
Registration number	`X3JFQGALEB54`				[sources]
Status	not available				[sources]
Address	Tehran · Tehran, Iran				[sources]
Source link	sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov				[sources]
Last change	2024-10-14	Last processed	2024-10-16	First seen	2023-03-25

Descriptions

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) provincial corps operating in Gilan province

— Australian Sanctions Consolidated List, 2023-04-20

Corrigendum 267/2012 (OJ L88) [corr. 04/12/2012-2]

— Belgian Financial Sanctions, 2023-04-20

The Qods (or Quds) Force is a specialist arm of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The Qods Force is involved in providing equipment and support to help the Syrian regime suppress protests in Syria. The Qods Force has provided technical assistance, equipment and support to the Syrian security services to repress civilian protest movements.

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2023-04-20

Corrigendum 267/2012 (OJ L88) [corr. 04/12/2012-2]

— EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF), 2023-04-20

Listed under the Iran (Nuclear) and Syria sanctions regimes. Names of Director: Qasem Soleimani (designated 23 June 2011). Ultimate beneficial owner: Iranian Advisory Mission to Syria.

— UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets, 2023-04-20

Relationships

Address
Full address	Country
Teheran, Iran	Iran
Tehran, IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF)	Iran
Tehran	Iran
Tehran · Tehran, Iran	Iran

Agents
Agent	Role	Start date	End date
Abbas Sartaji	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-
Sa'id Najafpur	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-
Esma'il Razavi	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-
MOHAMMAD HASAN KHODA'I	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-
Masoud Shoushtaripousti	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-
Shibl Muhsin 'Ubayd Al-Zaydi	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-
Abolfazl Ramazanzadeh Moshkani	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-
Mehdi Ghaffari Naghneh	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-
Hassan Pelarak	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-
Hadi Jamshidi Zavaraki	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-
Hossein Yaghoubi Miab	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-
Mohammad Reza Fallahzadeh	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-
Mohammad Reza Ansari	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-
Mehdi Azarpisheh	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-
Hamid Zareikajosangi	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-
Sayyed Yaser Musavir	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-
Iraj Masjedi	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-
Ali Morshed Shirazi	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-
Mohammad Ebrahim Owhadi	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-
Mostafa Mohammad Khani	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-
Rostam Qasemi	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-
Shahram Poursafi	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-
Reza Nahar Dani	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-
Hasan Irlu	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-
Mehdi Ghasemzadeh	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-
ARAMBUNEZHAD, Hasan	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-
ALI REZA FEDAKAR	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-
Majid Zaree	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-
Hasan Saburinezhad	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-
Yousef Ali Muraj	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-
Mas'ud Nikbakht	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-
Rasoul Sajjad	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-

Assets and shares
Asset	Percentage held	Start date	End date
INTERNATIONAL UNION OF VIRTUAL MEDIA	-	-	-
Reconstruction Organization of Holy Shrines in Iraq	-	-	-
ISLAMIC RADIO AND TELEVISION UNION	-	-	-
Bayan Rasaneh Gostar Institute	-	-	-
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)	-	-	-
BAHJAT AL KAWTHAR COMPANY FOR CONSTRUCTION AND TRADING LTD.	-	-	-
Al Khamael Maritime Services	-	-	-

Directors
Director	Role	Start date	End date
Muhammad Sa'id Izadi	Leader or official of	-	-

Linked from
Subject	Role	Start date	End date
Hydro Company for Drilling Equipment Rental	Providing support to	-	-
RPP LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY	Providing support to	-	-
Mahmood Rashid Amur Al Habsi	Providing support to	-	-
CHINA HAOKUN ENERGY LIMITED	Providing support to	-	-
Dragon Road Ltd	Providing support to	-	-
Viktor Sergiyovich Artemov	Providing support to	-	-
Petro China Pars Co.	Providing support to	-	-
Fars Eir Keshm	Providing support to	-	-
Rain Trade Gida Ic Ve Dis Ticaret Limited Sirketi	Providing support to	-	-
Hossein Hafez Amini	Providing support to	-	-
Viyan Zanganeh	Providing support to	-	-
Seyyid Cemal Gunduz	Providing support to	-	-
Foad Salehi	Providing support to	-	-
Turkoca Import Export Transit Co., Ltd.	Providing support to	-	-
CHINA OIL AND PETROLEUM COMPANY LIMITED	Providing support to	-	-
Hossein Taeb	related-to	-	-
Fly Baghdad Airlines Company	Providing support to	-	-
Rouzbeh Zahedi	Providing support to	-	-
Ansar Exchange	Providing support to	-	-
Shandong Sea Right Petrochemical Co., Ltd.	Providing support to	-	-
Seyed Morteza Minaye Hashemi	Providing support to	-	-
South Wealth Resources Company	Providing support to	-	-
AMIR 'ABD-AL-'AZIZ JA'FAR AL-MUTAHAJI	Providing support to	-	-
Edman Nafrieh	Providing support to	-	-
Azim Monzavi	Providing support to	-	-
Meghdad Amini	Providing support to	-	-
MINISTRY OF DEFENSE LOGISTICS EXPORT	Providing support to	-	-
Kamaluddin Gulam Nabizada	Providing support to	-	-
Ministry of Petroleum	Providing support to	-	-
Kasim Oztas	Providing support to	-	-
Mohammadreza Khedmati Valadzaghard	Providing support to	-	-
National Development Fund of Iran	Providing support to	-	-
BANK MARKAZI JOMHOURI ISLAMI IRAN	Providing support to	-	-
Sitki Ayan	Providing support to	-	-
Mohamed El Zein	Providing support to	-	-
Fatemiyoun Division	Providing support to	-	-
Qasem Soleimani	related-to	-	-
Hamad Al-Moussawi	Providing support to	-	-
National Iranian Oil Company	Providing support to	-	-
NATIONAL IRANIAN TANKER COMPANY	Providing support to	-	-
Esam Ettehadi	Providing support to	-	-
Mohammad Sadegh Karimian	Providing support to	-	-
Ansar Bank	Providing support to	-	-
Kimia Part Sivan Company	Providing support to	-	-
MASHAALLAH BAKHTIARI	Providing support to	-	-
Mohammad Ali Jafari	related-to	-	-
New Horizon Organization	Providing support to	-	-
Fujie Petrochemical Zhoushan Co., Ltd.	Providing support to	-	-
Bank Melli Iran	Providing support to	-	-
LOUIS MARINE SHIPHOLDING ENTERPRISES S.A.	Providing support to	-	-
Basij Resistance Force	Providing support to	-	-
JAHAN ARAS KISH	Providing support to	-	-
Makki Kazim 'Abd Al-Hamid Al-Asadi	Providing support to	-	-
Zaynabiyoun Brigade	Providing support to	-	-
Al-Mustafa International University	Providing support to	-	-
Alireza Kashanimehr	Providing support to	-	-
ZAMANOIL DMCC	Providing support to	-	-
Sa'id Ahmad Muhammad Al-Jamal	Providing support to	-	-
Tai Feng Hai Shipping Limited	Providing support to	-	-
Abdolhossein Khedri	Providing support to	-	-
Ali Tarzali	Providing support to	-	-
Lainey Shipping Limited	Providing support to	-	-
Aras Habib Kareem	Providing support to	-	-
Sayyed Reza Musavifar	Providing support to	-	-
Mustafa Omer Kaptan	Providing support to	-	-
Valiollah Seif	Providing support to	-	-
Mhd Amer ALCHWIKI	Providing support to	-	-

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Federal Public Service Finance	IRN	2012-03-23	-
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs	Ordinance of 8 June 2012 on measures against Syria (SR 946.231.172.7), annex 7	2016-01-19	-
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office · UK	The Iran (Sanctions) (Nuclear) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019	2020-12-31	-
Cabinet Secretary · National Bureau for Counter Terror Financing	הכרזה על חבר בני אדם או ארגונים כארגוני טרור - לפי פקודה למניעת טרור, התש"ח-1948	2012-12-02	-
Office of Foreign Assets Control	SDN List	-	-
Directorate‑General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union	IRN	2012-03-23	-
TREAS-OFAC	Reciprocal	2019-04-15	-
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade	Autonomous (Thematic - Human Rights)	2023-03-20	-
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry	-	-	-
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation · UK	Iran (Nuclear) · Syria	2020-12-31	-

Data sources

Australian Sanctions Consolidated List4,259

The Consolidated List is a list of all persons and entities who are subject to targeted financial sanctions under Australian sanctions law

Australia · DFAT

Belgian Financial Sanctions6,603

Belgium extends the European FSF sanctions list on the basis of a national terrorist list, issued by the National Security Council

Belgium · FOD

EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF)6,351

As part of the Common Foreign Security Policy the European Union publishes a sanctions list that is implemented by all member states.

European Union · DG FISMA

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)20,290

The Consolidated Screening List (CSL) is a list of parties for which the United States Government maintains restrictions on certain exports, reexports, or transfers of items.

United States · ITA

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes8,212

Switzerland manages a sanctions lists with a high degree of detail on the individuals that are subject to it's embargoes

Switzerland · SECO

Israel Terrorists Organizations and Unauthorized Associations lists863

Terrorist organizations and individuals as designated by the Israeli government

Israel · NBCTF

UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets6,116

The United Kingom's consolidated international sanctions list.

United Kingdom · OFSI

UK FCDO Sanctions List4,570

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · FCDO

US SAM Procurement Exclusions115,263

A database of suppliers who have been excluded from participating in US federal procurement.

United States · GSA

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List31,940

The primary United States' sanctions list, specially designated nationals (SDN) part.

United States · OFAC

Japan METI End User List700

Sanctions imposed by Japan under its Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Law.

Japan · METI

Source data IDs: gb-fcdo-inu0082 · jp-eul-ff2a0c19f64ce131285d85e2a0aebc5b35935e9c · il-nbctf-08d29baab1cd003043447c1640612c47598baea5 · au-dfat-1217-irgc-qods-force · gb-hmt-11241 · ch-seco-12378 · au-dfat-2352-iranian-revolutionary-guard-corps-qods-force · ofac-10465 · au-dfat-7518-quds-corps · usgsa-s4mr8q1cy · ca-lte-35-islamic-revolutionary-guard-corps-qods-force · eu-fsf-eu-2078-17

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Address
Full address	Country
Teheran, Iran	Iran
Tehran, IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF)	Iran
Tehran	Iran
Tehran · Tehran, Iran	Iran

Agents
Agent	Role	Start date	End date
Abbas Sartaji	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-
Sa'id Najafpur	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-
Esma'il Razavi	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-
MOHAMMAD HASAN KHODA'I	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-
Masoud Shoushtaripousti	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-
Shibl Muhsin 'Ubayd Al-Zaydi	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-
Abolfazl Ramazanzadeh Moshkani	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-
Mehdi Ghaffari Naghneh	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-
Hassan Pelarak	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-
Hadi Jamshidi Zavaraki	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-
Hossein Yaghoubi Miab	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-
Mohammad Reza Fallahzadeh	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-
Mohammad Reza Ansari	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-
Mehdi Azarpisheh	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-
Hamid Zareikajosangi	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-
Sayyed Yaser Musavir	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-
Iraj Masjedi	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-
Ali Morshed Shirazi	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-
Mohammad Ebrahim Owhadi	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-
Mostafa Mohammad Khani	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-
Rostam Qasemi	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-
Shahram Poursafi	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-
Reza Nahar Dani	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-
Hasan Irlu	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-
Mehdi Ghasemzadeh	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-
ARAMBUNEZHAD, Hasan	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-
ALI REZA FEDAKAR	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-
Majid Zaree	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-
Hasan Saburinezhad	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-
Yousef Ali Muraj	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-
Mas'ud Nikbakht	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-
Rasoul Sajjad	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-

Assets and shares
Asset	Percentage held	Start date	End date
INTERNATIONAL UNION OF VIRTUAL MEDIA	-	-	-
Reconstruction Organization of Holy Shrines in Iraq	-	-	-
ISLAMIC RADIO AND TELEVISION UNION	-	-	-
Bayan Rasaneh Gostar Institute	-	-	-
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)	-	-	-
BAHJAT AL KAWTHAR COMPANY FOR CONSTRUCTION AND TRADING LTD.	-	-	-
Al Khamael Maritime Services	-	-	-

Directors
Director	Role	Start date	End date
Muhammad Sa'id Izadi	Leader or official of	-	-

Linked from
Subject	Role	Start date	End date
Hydro Company for Drilling Equipment Rental	Providing support to	-	-
RPP LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY	Providing support to	-	-
Mahmood Rashid Amur Al Habsi	Providing support to	-	-
CHINA HAOKUN ENERGY LIMITED	Providing support to	-	-
Dragon Road Ltd	Providing support to	-	-
Viktor Sergiyovich Artemov	Providing support to	-	-
Petro China Pars Co.	Providing support to	-	-
Fars Eir Keshm	Providing support to	-	-
Rain Trade Gida Ic Ve Dis Ticaret Limited Sirketi	Providing support to	-	-
Hossein Hafez Amini	Providing support to	-	-
Viyan Zanganeh	Providing support to	-	-
Seyyid Cemal Gunduz	Providing support to	-	-
Foad Salehi	Providing support to	-	-
Turkoca Import Export Transit Co., Ltd.	Providing support to	-	-
CHINA OIL AND PETROLEUM COMPANY LIMITED	Providing support to	-	-
Hossein Taeb	related-to	-	-
Fly Baghdad Airlines Company	Providing support to	-	-
Rouzbeh Zahedi	Providing support to	-	-
Ansar Exchange	Providing support to	-	-
Shandong Sea Right Petrochemical Co., Ltd.	Providing support to	-	-
Seyed Morteza Minaye Hashemi	Providing support to	-	-
South Wealth Resources Company	Providing support to	-	-
AMIR 'ABD-AL-'AZIZ JA'FAR AL-MUTAHAJI	Providing support to	-	-
Edman Nafrieh	Providing support to	-	-
Azim Monzavi	Providing support to	-	-
Meghdad Amini	Providing support to	-	-
MINISTRY OF DEFENSE LOGISTICS EXPORT	Providing support to	-	-
Kamaluddin Gulam Nabizada	Providing support to	-	-
Ministry of Petroleum	Providing support to	-	-
Kasim Oztas	Providing support to	-	-
Mohammadreza Khedmati Valadzaghard	Providing support to	-	-
National Development Fund of Iran	Providing support to	-	-
BANK MARKAZI JOMHOURI ISLAMI IRAN	Providing support to	-	-
Sitki Ayan	Providing support to	-	-
Mohamed El Zein	Providing support to	-	-
Fatemiyoun Division	Providing support to	-	-
Qasem Soleimani	related-to	-	-
Hamad Al-Moussawi	Providing support to	-	-
National Iranian Oil Company	Providing support to	-	-
NATIONAL IRANIAN TANKER COMPANY	Providing support to	-	-
Esam Ettehadi	Providing support to	-	-
Mohammad Sadegh Karimian	Providing support to	-	-
Ansar Bank	Providing support to	-	-
Kimia Part Sivan Company	Providing support to	-	-
MASHAALLAH BAKHTIARI	Providing support to	-	-
Mohammad Ali Jafari	related-to	-	-
New Horizon Organization	Providing support to	-	-
Fujie Petrochemical Zhoushan Co., Ltd.	Providing support to	-	-
Bank Melli Iran	Providing support to	-	-
LOUIS MARINE SHIPHOLDING ENTERPRISES S.A.	Providing support to	-	-
Basij Resistance Force	Providing support to	-	-
JAHAN ARAS KISH	Providing support to	-	-
Makki Kazim 'Abd Al-Hamid Al-Asadi	Providing support to	-	-
Zaynabiyoun Brigade	Providing support to	-	-
Al-Mustafa International University	Providing support to	-	-
Alireza Kashanimehr	Providing support to	-	-
ZAMANOIL DMCC	Providing support to	-	-
Sa'id Ahmad Muhammad Al-Jamal	Providing support to	-	-
Tai Feng Hai Shipping Limited	Providing support to	-	-
Abdolhossein Khedri	Providing support to	-	-
Ali Tarzali	Providing support to	-	-
Lainey Shipping Limited	Providing support to	-	-
Aras Habib Kareem	Providing support to	-	-
Sayyed Reza Musavifar	Providing support to	-	-
Mustafa Omer Kaptan	Providing support to	-	-
Valiollah Seif	Providing support to	-	-
Mhd Amer ALCHWIKI	Providing support to	-	-

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Federal Public Service Finance	IRN	2012-03-23	-
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs	Ordinance of 8 June 2012 on measures against Syria (SR 946.231.172.7), annex 7	2016-01-19	-
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office · UK	The Iran (Sanctions) (Nuclear) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019	2020-12-31	-
Cabinet Secretary · National Bureau for Counter Terror Financing	הכרזה על חבר בני אדם או ארגונים כארגוני טרור - לפי פקודה למניעת טרור, התש"ח-1948	2012-12-02	-
Office of Foreign Assets Control	SDN List	-	-
Directorate‑General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union	IRN	2012-03-23	-
TREAS-OFAC	Reciprocal	2019-04-15	-
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade	Autonomous (Thematic - Human Rights)	2023-03-20	-
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry	-	-	-
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation · UK	Iran (Nuclear) · Syria	2020-12-31	-