I, PENNY WONG, Minister for Foreign Affairs, make the following instrument.
Dated 12th May 2024
PENNY WONG
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Contents
1 Name
2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Schedules
Schedule 1—Amendments
This instrument is the Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Iran) Amendment (No. 1) Instrument 2024.
(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. |
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Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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.
This instrument is made under paragraphs 6(a) and 6(b) of the Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011.
Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Iran) List 2012
1 Part 1 of Schedule 1 (at the end of the table)
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Name of individual | Mohammad Reza ASHTIANI | |
| Also known as | Mohammad Reza QARA'I-ASHTIANI; Mohammad-Reza ASHTIANI |
| Date of birth | a) 1960; b) 1961 |
| Place of birth | Tehran, Iran |
| Citizenship | Iranian |
| Instrument of first designation and declaration | Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Iran) Amendment (No. 1) Instrument 2024 |
| Additional Information | Brigadier General Mohammad Reza ASHTIANI is Iran’s Minister of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics. |
52 | Name of individual | Esmail QAANI |
| Also known as | Esmail GHANI; Esmaeil AKBARNEJAD; Ismail NEZHAD; Esma'il QA’ANI; Esmail GHAANI |
| Date of birth | a) 8 August 1957; b) 1957 |
| Place of birth | Mashhad, Iran |
| Citizenship | Iranian |
| Instrument of first designation and declaration | Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Iran) Amendment (No. 1) Instrument 2024 |
| Additional Information | Brigadier General Esmail QAANI serves as Commander of the IRGC Qods Force (IRGC QF). |
53 | Name of individual | Gholam RASHID |
| Also known as | Gholamali RASHID; Gholamali RASHID ALINOUR |
| Date of birth | a) 1953; b) 1954 |
| Place of birth | a) Dezful, Iran; b) Dezful, Khuzestan |
| Citizenship | Iranian |
| Instrument of first designation and declaration | Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Iran) Amendment (No. 1) Instrument 2024 |
| Additional Information | Major General Gholam RASHID serves as Commander of Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters (KCHQ). |
54 | Name of individual | Amir HATAMI |
| Date of birth | 1966 |
| Place of birth | Zanjan, Iran |
| Citizenship | Iranian |
| Instrument of first designation and declaration | Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Iran) Amendment (No. 1) Instrument 2024 |
| Additional Information | Brigadier General Amir HATAMI was appointed as Advisor to the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces in Army Affairs. HATAMI previously served as Minister of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics from 2017 to 2021. |
55 | Name of individual | Mehdi GOGERDCHIAN |
| Also known as | Mehdi GUGERDCHIAN |
| Date of birth | 14 August 1975 |
| Citizenship | Iranian |
| Instrument of first designation and declaration | Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Iran) Amendment (No. 1) Instrument 2024 |
| Additional Information | Mehdi GOGERDCHIAN is Managing Director and board member of Iranian-based company Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industries (HESA). |
2 Part 2 of Schedule 1 (at the end of the table)
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139 | Name of entity | AIRCRAFT ENGINES DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY |
| Also known as | DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING OF AERO ENGINES COMPANY; DAMA; TURBINE ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING; TEM; T.E.M. Co. |
| Address | Karaj Makhsoos Road, Amir Sarlashgar Shahid Hossein Lashgari, Shishe Mina Boulevard, Number 0, Ground Floor; Tehran, Iran |
| Instrument of first designation | Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Iran) Amendment (No. 1) Instrument 2024 |
| Additional Information | DAMA is a subsidiary of the IRGC Aerospace Force and has carried out covert procurement activities for HESA |
140 | Name of entity | FANAVARAN SANAT ERTEBATAT COMPANY |
| Also known as | FSE; COMMUNICATION INDUSTRY TECHNOLOGY |
| Address | Yousef Abad Neighborhood, Kordestan Express Way, Seyyed Sohrab Akhlaqi 37 Street, Number 38, First Floor; Tehran, Iran |
| Instrument of first designation | Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Iran) Amendment (No. 1) Instrument 2024 |
| Additional Information | Iranian-based company that produces jam-resistant missile guidance systems for Iran’s IRGC’s Aerospace Force Self Sufficiency Jihad Organization (ASF SSJO) |
141 | Name of entity | THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS NAVY |
| Also known as | IRGC NAVY; ISLAMIC REVOLUTION GUARD CORPS NAVAL FORCE |
| Address | Tehran, Iran |
| Instrument of first designation | Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Iran) Amendment (No. 1) Instrument 2024 |
| Additional Information | The IRGC NAVY, separate from Iran’s conventional naval branch (which operates in parallel), is responsible for patrolling Iran’s maritime borders, including the Strait of Hormuz. |