On 23 December 2006, the individuals and organisations listed below were designated as being engaged in, or directly associated with, or providing support for, Iran’s proliferation sensitive nuclear activities or the development of nuclear weapon delivery systems pursuant to United Nations Security Council Resolution 1737 (2006).
On 19 March 2007, New Zealand passed the United Nations Sanctions (Iran) Regulations which implemented an asset freeze against these individuals and organisations.
A. Entities involved in the nuclear programme
1. Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI)
2. Mesbah Energy Company (provider for A40 research reactor — Arak)
3. Kala-Electric (also known as Kalaye Electric) (provider for PFEP — Natanz)
4. Pars Trash Company (involved in centrifuge programme, identified in IAEA reports)
5. Farayand Technique (involved in centrifuge programme, identified in IAEA reports)
6. Defence Industries Organisation (overarching MODAFL-controlled entity, some of whose subordinates have been involved in the centrifuge programme making components, and in the missile programme)
7. 7th of Tir (subordinate of Defense Industries Organization (DIO), widely recognized as being directly involved in the nuclear programme)
B. Entities involved in the ballistic missile programme
1. Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group (SHIG) (subordinate entity of Aerospace Industries Organization (AIO))
2. Shahid Bagheri Industrial Group (SBIG) (subordinate entity of AIO)
3. Fajr Industrial Group (formerly Instrumentation Factory Plant, subordinate entity of AIO)
C. Persons involved in the nuclear programme
1. Mohammad Qannadi, AEOI Vice President for Research & Development
2. Behman Asgarpour, Operational Manager (Arak)
3. Dawood Agha-Jani, Head of the PFEP (Natanz)
4. Ehsan Monajemi, Construction Project Manager, Natanz
5. Jafar Mohammadi, Technical Adviser to the AEOI
(in charge of managing the production of valves for centrifuges)
6. Ali Hajinia Leilabadi, Director General of Mesbah Energy Company
7. Lt Gen Mohammad Mehdi Nejad Nouri, Rector of Malek Ashtar University of Defence Technology (chemistry dept, affiliated to MODALF, has conducted experiments on beryllium)
D. Persons involved in the ballistic missile programme
1. Gen Hosein Salimi, Commander of the Air Force, Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), (Pasdaran)
2. Ahmad Vahid Dastjerdi, Head of the AIO
3. Reza-Gholi Esmaeli, Head of Trade & International Affairs Dept, AIO
4. Bahmanyar Morteza Bahmanyar, Head of Finance
& Budget Dept, AIO
E. Persons involved in both the nuclear and ballistic missile programmes
1. Maj Gen Yahya Rahim Safavi, Commander, IRGC (Pasdaran)
Sanctions Links
UNSCR 1737 can be found at
http://daccess-ods.un.org/TMP/1212050.html
New Zealand’s Regulations can be found at
http://www.legislation.govt.nz/browse_vw.asp?content-set=pal_regs
Lists of Enrichment-Related Goods
Links to the lists of specified nuclear weapon, missile, or enrichment-related goods set out in the United Nations Sanctions (Iran) Regulations 2007 may be found at
http://www.un.org/sc/committees/1737/selecdocs.shtml
Further information about sanctions can be found on the MFAT website
www.mfat.govt.nz
WINSTON PETERS, Minister of Foreign Affairs.