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Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons—Thematic Sanctions) Amendment (No. 2) Instrument 2023

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This instrument amends the Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons—Thematic Sanctions) Instrument 2022 to designate 14 persons and 14 entities for targeted financial sanctions and declare the persons for travel bans.
Administered by: Foreign Affairs and Trade
Exempt from sunsetting by the Legislation (Exemptions and Other Matters) Regulation 2015 s12 item 10B
Registered 19 Mar 2023
Tabling HistoryDate
Tabled HR21-Mar-2023
Tabled Senate22-Mar-2023
To be repealed 21 Jun 2023
Repealed by Division 1 of Part 3 of Chapter 3 of the Legislation Act 2003
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Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons—Thematic Sanctions) Amendment (No. 2) Instrument 2023

I, Penny Wong, Minister for Foreign Affairs, make the following instrument.

Dated                           17 March 2023

Penny Wong

Minister for Foreign Affairs

 

  

  

Contents

1............ Name............................................................................................................................. 1

2............ Commencement............................................................................................................. 1

3............ Authority....................................................................................................................... 1

4............ Schedules...................................................................................................................... 1

Schedule 1—Amendments                                                                                                                          2

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons—Thematic Sanctions) Instrument 2022                                                                                                                                                                   2

 

1  Name

                   This instrument is the Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons—Thematic Sanctions) Amendment (No. 2) Instrument 2023.

2  Commencement

             (1)  Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

 

Commencement information

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Provisions

Commencement

Date/Details

1.  The whole of this instrument

The day after this instrument is registered.

 

Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

             (2)  Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3  Authority

                   This instrument is made under regulation 6A of the Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011.

4  Schedules

                   Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

  

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons—Thematic Sanctions) Instrument 2022

1  In the appropriate position in clause 1 of Schedule 1 (table)

Insert:

 

55

Name of individual

Enayatollah RAFIEI

 

Date of birth

1970

 

Citizenship

Iranian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons—Thematic Sanctions) Amendment (No. 2) Instrument 2023

 

Additional information

Captain, Commander of the Morality Police squad that arrested Mahsa (Jina) Amini

56

Name of individual

Ali KHOSHNAMVAND

 

Date of birth

1995

 

Citizenship

Iranian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons—Thematic Sanctions) Amendment (No. 2) Instrument 2023

 

Additional information

Sergeant, Member of the Morality Police squad that arrested Mahsa (Jina) Amini

57

Name of individual

Fatemeh GHORBAN-HOSSEINI

 

Also known as

Fatemeh GHORBAN HOSSEINI;

Fatemeh GHORBAN HOSSEIN

 

Date of birth

1995

 

Citizenship

Iranian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons—Thematic Sanctions) Amendment (No. 2) Instrument 2023

 

Additional information

Member of the Morality Police squad that arrested Mahsa (Jina) Amini

58

Name of individual

Parastou SAFARI

 

Date of birth

1986

 

Citizenship

Iranian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons—Thematic Sanctions) Amendment (No. 2) Instrument 2023

 

Additional information

Member of the Morality Police squad that arrested Mahsa (Jina) Amini

59

Name of individual

Abbas Mortaza NILFRUSHAN

 

Also known as

Abbas NILFRUSHAN;

Abbas NILFOROSHAN

 

Date of birth

23 August 1966

 

Citizenship

Iranian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons—Thematic Sanctions) Amendment (No. 2) Instrument 2023

 

Additional information

Deputy Commander for Operations of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)

60

Name of individual

Yadollah JAVANI

 

Date of birth

1962

 

Citizenship

Iranian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons—Thematic Sanctions) Amendment (No. 2) Instrument 2023

 

Additional information

Brigadier-General, Deputy Political Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)

61

Name of individual

Hossein ZIBAEE NEJAD

 

Also known as

Hossein NEJAT;

Mohammad Hossein NEJAT;

Mohammad ZIBAEE NEJAD;

Mohammad Hossein ZIBAEE NEJAD;

Mohammad-Hossein ZIBAYINEJAD;

Mohammad Hossein Zibaee NEJAD

 

Date of birth

March 1955 to March 1956

 

Citizenship

Iranian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons—Thematic Sanctions) Amendment (No. 2) Instrument 2023

 

Additional information

Brigadier-General, Commander of the Sarallah Headquarters of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)

62

Name of individual

Mohammad KARAMI

 

Date of birth

27 January 1966

 

Citizenship

Iranian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons—Thematic Sanctions) Amendment (No. 2) Instrument 2023

 

Additional information

Governor of Sistan and Baluchistan province, former Brigadier-General, former Commander of the Qods Regional Headquarters of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)

63

Name of individual

Mohammad Nazar AZIMI

 

Also known as

Mohammad AZIMI;

Mohammadnazar AZIMI

 

Date of birth

21 March 1960

 

Citizenship

Iranian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons—Thematic Sanctions) Amendment (No. 2) Instrument 2023

 

Additional information

Commander of the Najaf al-Ashraf Regional Headquarters of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)

64

Name of individual

Kourosh ASIABANI

 

Also known as

Kurosh ASIABANI;

Korosh ASIABANI;

Koresh ASIYABANI

 

Date of birth

31 May 1961

 

Citizenship

Iranian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons—Thematic Sanctions) Amendment (No. 2) Instrument 2023

 

Additional information

Brigadier-General, Commander of the Shahid Kazemi Provincial Headquarters of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)

65

Name of individual

Mojtaba FADA

 

Date of birth

21 March 1963

 

Citizenship

Iranian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons—Thematic Sanctions) Amendment (No. 2) Instrument 2023

 

Additional information

Brigadier-General, Commander of the Saheb al-Zaman Corps of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)

66

Name of individual

Hossein SAJEDINIA

 

Also known as

Hossein SAJEDI-NIA;

Hossein SAJEDI NIA

 

Date of birth

21 March 1962 to 20 April 1962

 

Citizenship

Iranian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons—Thematic Sanctions) Amendment (No. 2) Instrument 2023

 

Additional information

Deputy Commander of Operations for the Law Enforcement Command (LEF)

67

Name of individual

Ebrahim KOCHZAEI

 

Also known as

Ebrahim KOUCHAKZAEI;

Ebrahim KOCHZAI;

Ebrahim KOOCHAK ZAIE;

Ebrahim Mohammad KUCHZA’I;

Ebrahim KOCHEKZAEI

 

Date of birth

1963 to 1964

 

Citizenship

Iranian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons—Thematic Sanctions) Amendment (No. 2) Instrument 2023

 

Additional information

Chief of the Law Enforcement Command (LEF) in Chabahar, Sistan and Baluchistan province.

68

Name of individual

Mohammad Reza MIRHEIDARI

 

Also known as

Mohammad Reza MIRHEYDARY

 

Date of birth

a) 1956; b) 1957

 

Citizenship

Iranian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons—Thematic Sanctions) Amendment (No. 2) Instrument 2023

 

Additional information

Chief of the Law Enforcement Command (LEF) in Isfahan province

2  In the appropriate position in clause 2 of Schedule 1 (table)

Insert:

 

4

Name of entity

MOHAMMAD RASULULLAH CORPS

 

Also known as

MOHAMMAD RASOUL-ALLAH CORPS

 

Instrument of first designation

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons—Thematic Sanctions) Amendment (No. 2) Instrument 2023

 

Additional information

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) provincial corps operating in Tehran province

5

Name of entity

BEIT AL-MUQDAS CORPS

 

Also known as

BAYT AL-MUQDAS CORPS;

BEIT AL-MUQADAS CORPS;

BEIT AL-MUQDIS CORPS

 

Instrument of first designation

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons—Thematic Sanctions) Amendment (No. 2) Instrument 2023

 

Additional information

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) provincial corps operating in Kurdistan province

6

Name of entity

HAZRAT NABI AKRAM CORPS

 

Instrument of first designation

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons—Thematic Sanctions) Amendment (No. 2) Instrument 2023

 

Additional information

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) provincial corps operating in Kermanshah province

7

Name of entity

SALAMAN CORPS

 

Also known as

SALMAN CORPS

 

Instrument of first designation

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons—Thematic Sanctions) Amendment (No. 2) Instrument 2023

 

Additional information

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) provincial corps operating in Sistan and Baluchistan province

8

Name of entity

SEYYED AL-SHOHADA CORPS

 

Also known as

SEYED AL-SHOHADA CORPS

 

Instrument of first designation

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons—Thematic Sanctions) Amendment (No. 2) Instrument 2023

 

Additional information

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) provincial corps operating in Tehran province

9

Name of entity

SHOHADA CORPS

 

Instrument of first designation

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons—Thematic Sanctions) Amendment (No. 2) Instrument 2023

 

Additional information

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) provincial corps operating in West Azerbaijan province

10

Name of entity

QUDS CORPS

 

Also known as

QODS CORPS

 

Instrument of first designation

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons—Thematic Sanctions) Amendment (No. 2) Instrument 2023

 

Additional information

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) provincial corps operating in Gilan province

11

Name of entity

KARBALA CORPS

 

Instrument of first designation

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons—Thematic Sanctions) Amendment (No. 2) Instrument 2023

 

Additional information

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) provincial corps operating in Mazandaran province

12

Name of entity

VALIASR CORPS

 

Instrument of first designation

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons—Thematic Sanctions) Amendment (No. 2) Instrument 2023

 

Additional information

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) provincial corps operating in Khuzestan province

13

Name of entity

HAZRAT ABBAS CORPS

 

Instrument of first designation

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons—Thematic Sanctions) Amendment (No. 2) Instrument 2023

 

Additional information

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) provincial corps operating in Ardabil province

14

Name of entity

IMAM HASSAN MUJTABA CORPS

 

Instrument of first designation

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons—Thematic Sanctions) Amendment (No. 2) Instrument 2023

 

Additional information

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) provincial corps operating in Alborz province

15

Name of entity

FAJR CORPS

 

Instrument of first designation

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons—Thematic Sanctions) Amendment (No. 2) Instrument 2023

 

Additional information

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) provincial corps operating in Fars province

16

Name of entity

SAHEB AL-ZAMAN CORPS

 

Also known as

SAHIB AL-ZAMAN CORPS

 

Instrument of first designation

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons—Thematic Sanctions) Amendment (No. 2) Instrument 2023

 

Additional information

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) provincial corps operating in Isfahan province

17

Name of entity

SARALLAH HEADQUARTERS

 

Also known as

THARULLAH HEADQUARTERS

 

Instrument of first designation

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons—Thematic Sanctions) Amendment (No. 2) Instrument 2023

 

Additional information

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) headquarters, responsible for the defence of Iran’s capital, Tehran