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Shahram Poursafi

Crime · Sanctioned entity · Wanted

Shahram Poursafi is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	POURSAFI, Shahram · SHAHRAM POURSAFI · Shahram Poursafi				[sources]
Other name	MEHDI REZAYI · Mehdi Rezayi · REZAEI MEHDI · Rezaei Mehdi · SHAHRAM PORSAFI · 4 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1976-09-21				[sources]
Place of birth	Iran				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Iran				[sources]
Country	Syria				[sources]
Eye color	Brown				[sources]
First name	Mehdi · Rezaei · SHAHRAM · Shahram				[sources]
Hair color	Black and White				[sources]
Last name	Mehdi · POURSAFI · Porsafi · Poursafi · Pursafi · 1 more...				[sources]
Registration number	`FQ5XYE1SJUS9`				[sources]
Source link	sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov · www.fbi.gov				[sources]
Last change	2024-11-02	Last processed	2024-11-02	First seen	2023-06-01

Descriptions

Languages: Farsi

— US FBI Most Wanted, 2024-04-01

Shahram Poursafi is wanted for his alleged involvement in criminal activities to include material support to terrorism and the attempted murder for hire of a former high-ranking United States Government (USG) official. From October 2021 to April 2022, Iran-based Poursafi allegedly used encrypted, Internet-based messaging applications to hire criminal elements within the United States to murder a former USG official in Washington D.C. or Maryland, in exchange for $300,000 USD. Poursafi allegedly provided material support and resources to facilitate the attempted transnational killing of a person within the United States, an act of terrorism. Poursafi is a uniformed member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a designated foreign terrorist organization, and is assessed to allegedly be working on behalf of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps - Qods Force (IRGC- QF) to hire US-based individuals to murder a former USG official.

— US FBI Most Wanted, 2024-04-01

Relationships

Clients
Client	Role	Start date	End date
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Qods Force	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Office of Foreign Assets Control	SDN List	-	-
TREAS-OFAC	Reciprocal	2023-06-01	-

Data sources

US SAM Procurement Exclusions119,108

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

United States · GSA

US FBI Most Wanted437

The FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives is a most wanted list maintained by the United States's Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

United States · FBI

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List33,150

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

United States · OFAC

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)20,982

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

Source data IDs: ofac-42738 · usgsa-s4mrqm56n · us-fbi-shahram-poursafi

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