Date: 2023-12-11Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2793 of 11 December 2023 implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1529 concerning restrictive measures in view of Iran’s military support of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine
Executive Summary:
Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2793 implements Regulation (EU) 2023/1529, addressing restrictive measures concerning Iran's military support of Russia's war against Ukraine. The regulation amends the title of Regulation (EU) 2023/1529 and adds six individuals and five entities to the list of those subject to restrictive measures, based on their involvement in Iran's UAV program. This regulation entered into force on December 11, 2023.
Key Points / Main Content:
Amendments to Regulation (EU) 2023/1529:
* The title of Council Regulation (EU) 2023/1529 is updated to align with Council Decision (CFSP) 2023/1532.
* Annex III of Regulation (EU) 2023/1529 is amended to include additional listings.
New Listings under Annex III:
* The following individuals are added to the list of natural persons subject to restrictive measures: Hadi Zahourian, Mohammad Shahab Khanian, Ehsan Rahat Varnosfadrani, Rahmatollah Heidari, Nader Khoon Siavash, and Ehsan Imaninejad.
* The following entities are added to the list of legal persons, entities, and bodies subject to restrictive measures: Shakad Sanat Asmari, Baharestan Kish Company, Saad Sazeh Faraz Sharif, Sarmad Electronic Sepahan Company, and Kimia Part Sivan Company (KIPAS).
* The reasons for listing each individual and entity relate to their support of, or involvement in, Iran's UAV program, which contributes to Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine.
* The date of listing for all individuals and entities is December 11, 2023.
Impact Analysis:
European Union Member States:
Impact: Member states are obligated to enforce the restrictive measures against the listed individuals and entities.
Action Required: Member states must ensure that the assets of the listed individuals and entities within their jurisdiction are frozen and that no funds or economic resources are made available to them, directly or indirectly.
Listed Individuals and Entities:
Impact: The listed individuals and entities are subject to asset freezes and travel restrictions within the EU.
Action Required: These individuals and entities must comply with the restrictive measures and are prohibited from engaging in any transactions or activities that would violate the sanctions.
European Council:
Impact: The European Council's prior conclusions form the basis for the regulation, reinforcing its commitment to condemning Iran's military support to Russia.
Action Required: The European Council will likely continue to monitor the situation and may consider further measures if Iran's support for Russia's war against Ukraine persists.
Key Entities Referenced
European Union: The political and economic union of European countries, responsible for the regulation.
Iran: A country in Western Asia, subject to restrictive measures due to its military support of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine.
Russia: A country in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia, engaged in a war of aggression against Ukraine and receiving military support from Iran.
Ukraine: A country in Eastern Europe, subject to a war of aggression by Russia.
Council Regulation EU 2023/1529: A European Union regulation concerning restrictive measures in view of Iran's military support of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine.
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union: A fundamental treaty outlining the scope and application of EU law.
Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics of Iran: The Iranian ministry responsible for the development and production of UAVs.
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps: An Iranian military branch sanctioned by the Union, involved in the procurement, development, production, and transfer of UAVs.
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2023/2793 11.12.2023
COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2023/2793
of 11 December 2023
implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1529 concerning restrictive measures in view of Iran’s military
support of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EU) 2023/1529 of 20 July 2023 concerning restrictive measures in view of Iran’s
military support of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine(1), and in particular Article 7(1) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,
Whereas:
(1) On 20 July 2023, the Council adopted Regulation (EU) 2023/1529.
(2) In its conclusions of 20and 21 October 2022, 15 December 2022, 23 March 2023, 29and 30 June 2023, and 26
and 27 October 2023, the European Council strongly condemned the military support to Russia’s war of aggression
provided by the Iranian authorities, which must stop.
(3) In its conclusions of 12 December 2022, the Council strongly condemned and considered unacceptable any type of
military support by Iran, including deliveries of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), to Russia’s illegal, unprovoked and
unjustified war of aggression against Ukraine, which grossly violates international law and the principles of the
Charter of the United Nations. The weapons provided by Iran are being used indiscriminately by Russia against
Ukraine’s civilian population and infrastructure, causing horrendous destruction and human suffering.
(4) Russia is using Iran-produced UAVs in support of its war of aggression, which violates the sovereignty, independence
and territorial integrity of Ukraine, including against civilians and civilian infrastructure. The Iranian State-sponsored
programme for the development and production of UAVs therefore contributes to violations of the Charter of the
United Nations and of fundamental principles of international law. The programme is run by the Ministry of
Defence and Armed Forces Logistics of Iran and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which are both sanctioned
by the Union, and includes the procurement, development, production and transfer of UAVs, notably to Russia. It is
based on State-owned as well as private companies and benefits from domestic research capabilities.
(5) In that context, six persons and five entities should be included in the list of natural and legal persons, entities and
bodies subject to restrictive measures set out in Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2023/1529.
(6) The title of Regulation (EU) 2023/1529 in certain language versions should be amended in order to correspond to
the title of Council Decision (CFSP) 2023/1532(2).
(7) Regulation (EU) 2023/1529 should therefore be amended accordingly,
(1) OJ L 186, 25.7.2023, p. 1.
(2) Council Decision (CFSP) 2023/1532 of 20 July 2023 concerning restrictive measures in view of Iran’s military support to Russia’s war
of aggression against Ukraine (OJ L 186, 25.7.2023, p. 20).
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Regulation (EU) 2023/1529 is amended as follows:
(1) the title is replaced by the following:
‘Council Regulation (EU) 2023/1529 of 20 July 2023concerning restrictive measures in view of Iran’s military support
to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine’;
(2) Annex III is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 11 December 2023.
For the Council
The President
J. BORRELL FONTELLES
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ANNEX
In Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2023/1529, the following subheading and entries are added under the heading ‘List of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies referred to in Article 3’:
‘A. Natural persons
Names (Transliteration into Latin
Names Identifying information Reasons for listing Date of listing
script)
1. Hadi ZAHOURIAN ﻥﺎﯾﺭﻮﻬﻇﯼﺩﺎﻫ Position(s): Chief Executive Officer Hadi Zahourian is Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Shakad 11.12.2023
(CEO) of Shakad Sanat Asmari Sanat Asmari.
(Farsi spelling)
POB:Tehran, Iran Shakad Sanat Asmari (a.k.a. Chekad Sanat Faraz Asia) is an
Iranian company that develops and manufactures components
Nationality: Iranian
for the Shahed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
Gender: Male
As the CEO of Shakad Sanat Asmari, Hadi Zahourian is
Passport number: 0055312047 therefore supporting and involved in Iran’s UAV programme.
(National ID)
Associated entities: Shakad Sanat
Asmari
2. Mohammad Shahab ﻥﺎﯿﻧﺎﺧﺏﺎﻬﺷﺪﻤﺤﻣ Position(s): Deputy Chief Executive Mohammad Shahab Khanian is Deputy Chief Executive Officer 11.12.2023
KHANIAN Officer (CEO) of Shakad Sanat (CEO) of Shakad Sanat Asmari.
(Farsi spelling)
Asmari
Shakad Sanat Asmari (a.k.a. Chekad Sanat Faraz Asia) is an
POB: Mashhad, Iran Iranian company that develops and manufactures components
for the Shahed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
Nationality: Iranian
As the Deputy CEO of Shakad Sanat Asmari, Mohammad
Gender: Male
Shahab Khanian is therefore supporting and involved in Iran’s
Passport number: 0930588411 UAV programme.
(National ID)
Associated entities: Shakad Sanat
Asmari
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Names (Transliteration into Latin
Names Identifying information Reasons for listing Date of listing
script)
3. Ehsan Rahat ﯽﻧﺍﺭﺪﻔﺳﻮﻧﺭﺍﻭﺖﺣﺍﺭﻥﺎﺴﺣﺍ Position(s): Chief scientist of Shakad Ehsan Rahat Varnosfadrani is the Chief scientist and former 11.12.2023
VARNOSFADRANI Sanat Asmari Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Shakad Sanat Asmari.
(Farsi spelling)
DOB: 1983 Shakad Sanat Asmari (a.k.a. Chekad Sanat Faraz Asia) is an
Iranian company that develops and manufactures components
POB: Bahman, Iran
for the Shahed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
Nationality: Iranian
As the Chief scientist and former CEO of Shakad Sanat Asmari,
Gender: Male Ehsan Rahat Varnosfadrani is therefore supporting and involved
in Iran’s UAV programme.
Associated entities: Shakad Sanat
Asmari
4. Rahmatollah HEIDARI ﯼﺭﺪﯿﺣﻪﻠﻟﺍﺖﻤﺣﺭ Position(s): Managing Director and Rahmatollah Heidari is the Managing Director and a member of 11.12.2023
member of the board of directors of the board of directors of Baharestan Kish Company.
a.k.a. Rehmatollah HEIDARI (Farsi spelling)
Iran-based Baharestan Kish
Baharestan Kish Company manufactures unmanned aerial
Company
vehicle (UAV) components for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard
DOB: 22.9.1985 Corps (IRGC).
Nationality: Iranian As the Managing Director and a member of the board of
directors of Baharestan Kish Company, Rahmatollah Heidari is
Gender: Male
therefore supporting and involved in Iran’s UAV programme.
Associated entities: Baharestan Kish
Company; Islamic Revolutionary
Guard Corps (IRGC)
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Names (Transliteration into Latin
Names Identifying information Reasons for listing Date of listing script)
5. Nader Khoon SIAVASH ﺵﻭﺎﯿﺳﻥﻮﺧﺭﺩﺎﻧ Position(s): Director of Aerospace Nader Khoon Siavash is the Director of Aerospace Industries 11.12.2023
Industries Organization (AIO) Organization (AIO).
(Farsi spelling)
DOB: 30.4.1963 AIO is an organisation which reports to the Iranian Ministry of
Defence and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL), and is active in
Nationality: Iranian
Iran’s unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) programme.
Gender: Male
As Director of AIO, Nader Khoon Siavash is therefore
Passport number: 0028892753 supporting and involved in Iran’s UAV programme.
(National ID)
Associated entities: Aerospace
Industries Organization (AIO);
Defence Industries Organization
(DIO); Islamic Revolutionary Guard
Corps (IRGC)
6. Ehsan IMANINEJAD ﯽﻧﺎﻤﯾﺍﻥﺎﺴﺣﺍﺩﺍﮋﻧﯽﻧﺎﻤﯾﺍﻥﺎﺴﺣﺍ Position(s): Chief Executive Officer Ehsan Imaninejad is Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Saad Sazeh 11.12.2023
ﺩﺍﮋﻧ (CEO) of Saad Sazeh Faraz Sharif Faraz Sharif.
a.k.a. Ehsan IMANIJAD
(Farsi spelling) DOB: 1982 Saad Sazeh Faraz Sharif (a.k.a. Daria Fanavar Borhan Sharif) is an
Iranian company that offers aerospace engineering services and
POB: Shahrivar, Iran
manufactures parts of the Shahed unmanned aerial vehicles
Nationality: Iranian (UAVs).
Gender: Male As CEO of Saad Sazeh Faraz Sharif, Ehsan Imaninejad is
therefore supporting and involved in Iran’s UAV programme.
Associated entities: Saad Sazeh
Faraz Sharif
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B. Legal persons, entities and bodies
Names (Transliteration into Latin
Names Identifying information Reasons for listing Date of listing
script)
1. Shakad Sanat Asmari ﯼﺭﺎﻤﺳﺁﺖﻌﻨﺻﺩﺎﮑﺷ/ Address: Tehran Province – District 18, Tehran City, Shakad Sanat Asmari (a.k.a. Chekad Sanat Faraz 11.12.2023
ﺎﯿﺳﺁﺯﺍﺮﻓﺖﻌﻨﺻﺩﺎﮑﭼ Central Sector, Tehran City, Tehran Station Quarter, Asia) is an Iranian company that develops and
a.k.a. Chekad Sanat Faraz Asia
Afshar Nou Alley, Fadaiyan Islam St., No 841, 1st floor, manufactures components for the Shahed
(Farsi spelling)
postal code 1851617167 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
Type of entity: Limited Liability Company It is therefore supporting and involved in Iran’s
UAV programme.
Place of registration: Tehran, Iran
Date of registration: 2013
Principal place of business: Iran
Associated individuals: Hadi Zahourian (Chief
Executive Officer); Mohammad Shabab Khanian
(Deputy Chief Executive Officer); Ehsan Rahat
Varnosfadrani (Chief scientist and former Chief
Executive Officer)
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Names (Transliteration into Latin
Names Identifying information Reasons for listing Date of listing script)
2. Baharestan Kish Company ﺶﯿﮐﻥﺎﺘﺳﺭﺎﻬﺑﺖﮐﺮﺷ Address no. 1: Unit 17, Fifth Floor, Yas Building, Baharestan Kish Company manufactures 11.12.2023
Number 116, Sheikh Fazlollah Highway, Teimuri Blvd, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) components for
(Farsi spelling)
before Sharif University Metro Station, Tehran, Iran; the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
Address no. 2: Unit 18, Fifth Floor, Yas Building, The company has also worked on Shahed UAV
Number 116, Sheikh Fazlollah Highway, Teimuri Blvd, components, which were exported to Russia.
before Sharif University Metro Station, Tehran, Iran;
Baharestan Kish Company has overseen various
Address no. 3: Unit 19, Fifth Floor, Yas Building, defense-related projects, which included the
Number 116, Sheikh Fazlollah Highway, Teimuri Blvd, manufacturing of UAVs.
before Sharif University Metro Station, Tehran
It is therefore supporting and involved in Iran’s
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UAV programme.
Address no. 4: No 47, East 18th Street, Farhang
Boulevard, Sa’adat Abad, Tehran 1997857976, Iran;
Address no. 5: Unit 2, First Floor, EX35, Number 2,
Exhibition Industrial Town, Kish Island 7941659854,
Iran;
Place of registration:Iran
Date of registration: 2002
Associated individuals: Rahmatollah Heidari (Managing
Director and a member of the board of directors)
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Names Identifying information Reasons for listing Date of listing
script)
3. Saad Sazeh Faraz Sharif ﻒﯾﺮﺷﺯﺍﻭﺮﭘﻩﺯﺎﺳﺪﯾﺪﺳ/ Address: Tehran Province – Tehran City – Central Sector Saad Sazeh Faraz Sharif is an Iranian company 11.12.2023
ﻒﯾﺮﺷﻥﺎﻫﺮﺑﺭﻭﺁﻦﻓﺎﯾﺭﺍﺩ/ – Tehran City – Shahrak Ansar Neighborhood – Tehran that offers aerospace engineering services and
a.k.a.
ﻒﯾﺮﺷﺯﺍﺮﻓﻩﺯﺎﺳﺪﻌﺳﺖﮐﺮﺷ Karaj Highway – Chogan Street 9 – Plate 0 – Ground manufactures parts of the Shahed unmanned
Daria Fanavar Borhan Sharif; Floor aerial vehicles (UAVs).
(Farsi spelling)
Sadid Sazeh Parvaz Sharif
Type of entity: Limited Liability Company It is therefore supporting and involved in Iran’s
UAV programme.
Place of registration:Tehran, Iran
Date of registration: 2017
Registration number: 534295
Principal place of business: Iran
Associated individuals: Ehsan Imaninejad (Chief
Executive Officer)
4. Sarmad Electronic Sepahan ﻒﯾﺮﺷﺯﺍﻭﺮﭘﻩﺯﺎﺳﺪﯾﺪﺳ/ Address: Second Floor, No 309, Alley 28, South Abou Sarmad Electronic Sepahan Company is an 11.12.2023
Company ﻒﯾﺮﺷﻥﺎﻫﺮﺑﺭﻭﺁﻦﻓﺎﯾﺭﺍﺩ/ Na’im Street, Jaber Ansari Street, Isfahan, Iran; Iranian company that produces the specific
ﻒﯾﺮﺷﺯﺍﺮﻓﻩﺯﺎﺳﺪﻌﺳﺖﮐﺮﺷ components used in Iranian unmanned aerial
a.k.a. Place of registration: Iran
vehicles (UAVs).
(Farsi spelling)
Sarmad Electronics; Sarmad Date of registration: 2014
Those UAVs are deployed by Russia in its war of
Electronic Sepahan; Sarmad
Principal place of business: Iran aggression against Ukraine. Servomotors and
Electronics Co.
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.
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Names (Transliteration into Latin
Names Identifying information Reasons for listing Date of listing script)
5. Kimia Part Sivan Company ﻥﺍﻮﯿﺳﺕﺭﺎﭘﺎﯿﻤﯿﮐﺖﮐﺮﺷ Address: 1st Street, 6th Side Street, No 81, Jey Industrial Kimia Part Sivan Company (KIPAS) is an Iran- 11.12.2023’
(KIPAS) ﺲﭙﯿﮐ)) Park, Isfahan 8376100000, Iran; based company that has worked with Iran’s
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force
a.k.a. (Farsi spelling) Place of registration: Iran
(IRGC-QF) to improve the force’s unmanned
Kimiar Parts Sibon Registration number: 10320661315 or 414950 or aerial vehicle (UAV) programme.
47779.
KIPAS officials have conducted UAV flight tests
for the IRGC-QF and have provided technical
assistance for IRGC-QF UAVs transferred to Iraq
for use in IRGC-QF operations. KIPAS has also
procured valuable UAV components for onward
use by the IRGC.
It is therefore supporting and involved in Iran’s
UAV programme.
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