Info:
11/27/2020 – Nuclear missile chief – Mohsen Fakhrizadeh-Mahabadi assassinated in Iran as military boss threatens revenge
Senior Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL) scientist and former head of Iran’s Physics Research Center (PHRC);
Works closely with Fereidoun Abbasi-Davani, who is also listed in an annex to U.N. Security Council resolution 1747;
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has sought access to Mr. Fakhrizadeh-Mahabadi to interview him about the activities of the PHRC during his leadership, but Iran has refused;
Believed by U.S. intelligence to be the director of “Project 111,” a nuclear research effort that includes work on missile development;
Has been a member of the Scientific Board of the physics college at Imam Hossein University since 1991;
Directs the nuclear program at Iran’s Center for Readiness and New Defense Technology;
Also Known As:
Mohsen Fakhrizadeh
Mohsen Fakrizadeh
Fakhrizadeh
Mohsen Fakhri Zadeh
Involved In:
Nuclear Weapon Program
Missile Weapon Program
Born:
1961
Country:
Iran
Address:
Tehran
Passport numbers:
0009228
4229533
Reason for the color:
» On 24/10/2016 added on Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets in the UK;
» Added to the Specially Designated National (SDN) list on July 8, 2008, maintained by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), freezing his assets under U.S. jurisdiction and prohibiting transactions with U.S. parties, pursuant to Executive Order 13382, which targets proliferators of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and their delivery systems;
» Listed in an annex to U.N. Security Council resolution 1747 of March 24, 2007, as a person involved in Iran’s nuclear or ballistic missile activities; with some exceptions, the designation requires states to freeze the financial assets on their territories which are owned or controlled by the entity, by its agents, or by entities it controls; the designation also requires states to ensure that funds, financial assets or economic resources are prevented from being made available by their nationals or by any persons or entities within their territories, to or for the benefit of the entity;
» Listed by the European Union on April 21, 2007, pursuant to U.N. Security Council resolution 1747, as an entity whose funds and economic resources, and those it owns, holds or controls, must be frozen by E.U. member states, with some exceptions, and within their jurisdiction; E.U. member states must also ensure that funds or economic resources are not made available to or for the benefit of the listed entity; with some exceptions, European Union member states must prevent the person’s entry into or transit through their territories;