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Published Date 03 Nov 2017

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Charter of the United Nations Act 1945 Listing Declaration (No. 2) 2017

 


I, JULIE ISABEL BISHOP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, make this declaration under subsection 15A(2) of the Charter of the United Nations Act 1945.

 

Dated     26 October 2017

 

 

[signed]

 

JULIE BISHOP

Minister for Foreign Affairs

 

 

 


1  Name of Declaration

This Declaration is the Charter of the United Nations Act 1945 Listing Declaration (No. 2) 2017.

2 Commencement

This Declaration commences upon signature.

3  Persons, entities and assets

For section 15A of the Charter of the United Nations Act 1945 (the Act), I am satisfied on reasonable grounds that the persons specified in Schedule 1 are persons mentioned in paragraph 1(c) of United Nations Security Council resolution 1373 (2001) and declare that each of their listings under section 15 of the Act continues to have effect.

Note 1:       Under section 20 of the Charter of the United Nations (Dealing with Assets) Regulations 2008, the Minister must be satisfied that the person or entity is a person or entity mentioned in paragraph 1(c) of Resolution 1373 (2001) of the Security Council of the United Nations.

Note 2:       Under section 40 of the Charter of the United Nations (Dealing with Assets) Regulations 2008, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade maintains a list of all persons, entities, assets and classes of assets currently listed under section 15 of the Act, and has published this list on the internet at www.dfat.gov.au/sanctions/consolidated-list.html.

Note 3:       Additional information about the listing of persons and entities under section 15 of the Act is set out in Schedule 2.


 

Schedule 1

 

The listing of the following persons continues to be necessary to give effect to the decision of the United Nations Security Council in paragraph 1(c) of resolution 1373 (2001):

 

Primary Name:                Manssor Arbabsiar

Aliases:                            Mansour Arbabsiar

Date of Birth:                  15 March 1955 or 6 March 1955

Place of Birth:                 Iran

Citizenship:                     United States and Iranian

Address:                          805 Cisco Valley CV, Round Rock, TX 78664, United States/ 5403 Everhardt Road, Corpus Christi, TX 78411, United States

Original listing date:       First listed by the Minister for Foreign Affairs on 16 November 2011. The Minister for Foreign Affairs declared that the listing would continue in effect on 14 November 2014.

Additional information:  Drivers’ License No 07442833 (United States) expired 15 March 2016; Passport C2002515 (Iran); alt Passport 477845448 (United States); Drivers’ License is issued by the State of Texas. 

Primary Name:                Abdul Reza Shahlai

Aliases:                            Abdol Reza Shala’I, Abd-al Reza Shalai, Abdorreza Shahlai, Abdolreza Shahla’I, Abdul-Reza Shahlaee, Hajj Yusef, Haji Yusif, Hajji Yasir, Hajji Yusif, Yusuf Abu-al-Karkh, Abdul Reza Shala’I, Abdol Reza Shahlai

Date of Birth:                  circa 1957

Place of Birth:                 Iran

Citizenship:                     Unknown

Address:                          Mehran Military Base, Ilam Province, Iran/ Kermanshah, Iran.

Original listing date:       First listed by the Minister for Foreign Affairs on 16 November 2011. The Minister for Foreign Affairs declared that the listing would continue in effect on 14 November 2014.

Additional information:  N/A  

Primary Name:                Ali Gholam Shakuri 

Aliases:                            Gholam Shakuri 

Date of Birth:                  1964, 1965 or 1966

Place of Birth:                 Unknown

Citizenship:                     Unknown

Address:                          Tehran, Iran

Original listing date:       First listed by the Minister for Foreign Affairs on 16 November 2011. The Minister for Foreign Affairs declared that the listing would continue in effect on 14 November 2014.

Additional information:              N/A

The listing of the following persons continues to be necessary to give effect to the decision of the United Nations Security Council in paragraph 1(c) of resolution 1373 (2001):

 

Primary Name:                Hamed Abdollahi

Aliases:                            Mustafa Abdullahi

Date of Birth:                  11 August 1960

Place of Birth:                 Iran

Citizenship:                     Iran

Address:                          Unknown

Original listing date:       First listed by the Minister for Foreign Affairs on 16 November 2011. The Minister for Foreign Affairs declared that the listing would continue in effect on 14 November 2014.

Additional information:  Passport D9004878.

 

 

Primary Name:                Qasem Soleimani

Aliases:                            Ghasem Soleymani, Qasmi Sulayman, Qasem Soleymani, Qasem Solaimani, Qasem Salimani, Qasem Solemani, Qasem Sulemani, Qasem Sulaimani, Qasim Soleimany, Qasem Sulayman 

Date of Birth:                  11 March 1957

Place of Birth:                 Qom, Iran

Citizenship:                     Iran; nationality Iran

Address:                          Unknown 

Original listing date:       First listed by the Minister for Foreign Affairs on 16 November 2011. The Minister for Foreign Affairs declared that the listing would continue in effect on 14 November 2014.

Additional information:  Diplomatic passport 008827 (Iran) issued 1999.

 


 


Schedule 2

 

Request for statement of reasons

 

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade will provide a listed person or entity with an unclassified statement of reasons for his, her or its listing on request.  Requests may be submitted in writing to:

 

Director

Sanctions Section

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

John McEwen Crescent

Barton ACT 0221 Australia

 

or by email to asset.freezing@dfat.gov.au.

 

Application for revocation of a listing

 

A listed person or entity may apply to the Minister for Foreign Affairs to have his, her or its listing revoked.  The application must be in writing and set out the circumstances relied upon to justify the application.  Applications may be submitted to:

 

The Minister for Foreign Affairs

c/o Director

Sanctions Section

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

John McEwen Crescent

Barton ACT 0221 Australia

 

or by email to asset.freezing@dfat.gov.au.

 

Application for sanctions permit to use or deal with frozen assets

 

The owner or holder of a frozen asset may apply for authorisation to use or deal with the asset in a specified way. The application must be in writing and specify whether the application relates to a basic expense dealing, a contractual dealing or an extraordinary expense dealing as those terms are defined in section 30 of the Charter of the United Nations (Dealing with Assets) Regulations 2008. Applications may be submitted through the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Online Sanctions Administration System at https://sanctions.dfat.gov.au.