Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1793 of 24 June 2024 implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1529 concerning restrictive measures in view of Iran’s military support to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and to armed groups and entities in the Middle East and the Red Sea region

• CELEX: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1793
• Articles: 3

Article 1

Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2023/1529 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

In Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2023/1529, the following entry is added to the list set out in Section B, entitled ‘Legal persons, entities and bodies’:

Names (Transliteration into Latin script)

Names

Identifying information

Reasons for listing

Date of listing

‘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.

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