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Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1971 of 15 July 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

Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1971 of 15 July 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

Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1971 · Regulation · 3 articles

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

Article 2

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

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ANNEX Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2023/1529, entitled ‘List of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies referred to in Article 3’, is amended as follows: (1) in the list entitled ‘A. Natural persons’, entries 1, 2, 3 and 6 are replaced by the following:   Names (Transliteration into Latin script) Names Identifying information Reasons for listing Date of listing ‘1. Hadi ZAHOURIAN هادی ظهوریان (Farsi spelling) Position(s): Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Shakad Sanat Asmari POB: Tehran, Iran Nationality: Iranian Gender: Male Passport number: 0055312047 (National ID) Associated entities: Shakad Sanat Asmari Hadi Zahourian is Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Shakad Sanat Asmari. Shakad Sanat Asmari is an Iranian company that develops and manufactures components for the Shahed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). As the CEO of Shakad Sanat Asmari, Hadi Zahourian is therefore supporting and involved in Iran’s UAV programme. 11.12.2023 2. Mohammad Shahab KHANIAN محمد شهاب خانیان (Farsi spelling) Position(s): Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Shakad Sanat Asmari POB: Mashhad, Iran Nationality: Iranian Gender: Male Passport number: 0930588411 (National ID) Associated entities: Shakad Sanat Asmari Mohammad Shahab Khanian is Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Shakad Sanat Asmari. Shakad Sanat Asmari is an Iranian company that develops and manufactures components for the Shahed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). As the Deputy CEO of Shakad Sanat Asmari, Mohammad Shahab Khanian is therefore supporting and involved in Iran’s UAV programme. 11.12.2023 3. Ehsan Rahat VARNOSFADRANI احسان راحت وارنوسفدرانی (Farsi spelling) Position(s): Chief scientist of Shakad Sanat Asmari DOB: 1983 POB: Bahman, Iran Nationality: Iranian Gender: Male Associated entities: Shakad Sanat Asmari Ehsan Rahat Varnosfadrani is the Chief scientist and former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Shakad Sanat Asmari. Shakad Sanat Asmari is an Iranian company that develops and manufactures components for the Shahed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). As the Chief scientist and former CEO of Shakad Sanat Asmari, Ehsan Rahat Varnosfadrani is therefore supporting and involved in Iran’s UAV programme. 11.12.2023 6. Ehsan IMANINEJAD a.k.a. Ehsan IMANIJAD احسان ایمانی نژاد (Farsi spelling) Position(s): Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Saad Sazeh Faraz Sharif DOB: 1982 POB: Shahrivar, Iran Nationality: Iranian Gender: Male Associated entities: Saad Sazeh Faraz Sharif Ehsan Imaninejad is Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Saad Sazeh Faraz Sharif. Saad Sazeh Faraz Sharif (a.k.a. Daria Fanavar Borhan Sharif) is an Iranian company that offers aerospace engineering services and manufactures parts of the Shahed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). As CEO of Saad Sazeh Faraz Sharif, Ehsan Imaninejad is therefore supporting and involved in Iran’s UAV programme. 11.12.2023’; (2) in the list entitled ‘B. Legal persons, entities and bodies’, entries 1 and 4 are replaced by the following:   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       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)     4. Sarmad Electronic Sepahan Company a.k.a. Sarmad Electronics; Sarmad Electronic Sepahan; Sarmad Electronics Co. سرمد الکترونیک سپاهان (Farsi spelling) 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’.

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