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A member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps -Qods Force (IRGC-QF);
Linked to a 2010 shipment of weapons, intended for The Gambia but seized in Nigeria, that consisted of 240 tons of munitions, including rockets, mortar shells, grenades, and rounds of ammunition. Was reportedly charged in Nigeria with four counts of illegal importation of arms and ammunition. Ali Abbass Usman Jega was also charged in Nigeria for having been involved in the weapons shipment. Ali Akbar Tabatabaei was reportedly sought by Nigerian authorities in connection with the weapons shipment;
According to a U.N. report, the shipment was dispatched by Behineh Trading Co and support was provided to Aghajani by International Trading and General Construction (also known as International General Trading and Construction Company or IGTCC), both of which are IRGC front companies;
Reportedly acknowledged his affiliation with the Gambia-registered IGTCC in a Nigerian court statement. According to OFAC, the shipment also involved Esmail Ghani;
Also Known As:
Azim Adhajani
Hosein Aghajani
Involved In:
Military Weapon Program
Country:
Iran
Born:
1967
Reason for the color:
» Added on Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions in the UK;
» Designated on April 18, 2012 by the U.N. Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006) for facilitating a breach of the U.N. prohibition on the export of arms and related materiel from Iran; with some exceptions, the designation requires states to freeze financial assets on their territories which are owned or controlled by the person, by his agents, or by entities he owns or controls, and to ensure that any funds, financial assets, or economic resources are prevented from being made available to him;
» Added on March 27, 2012 to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list 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 13224, which targets terrorists and their supporters;
» Listed by the European Union on December 1, 2011 as an entity linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC); with some exceptions, European Union member states must freeze all funds and economic resources owned, held or controlled by the listed person, and prevent funds or economic resources from being made available to him;
» Linked to a 2010 shipment of weapons, intended for The Gambia but seized in Nigeria, that consisted of 240 tons of munitions, including rockets, mortar shells, grenades, and rounds of ammunition; was reportedly sought by Nigerian authorities in connection with the weapons shipment, but claimed diplomatic immunity and took refuge at the Iranian Embassy in Abuja, before returning to Iran; Azim Aghajani was charged in Nigeria with four counts of illegal importation of arms and ammunition in connection with the shipment;