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Sayyed Ali Seraj Hashemi (Hashemi), an Iranian national, is an employee of Beijing SNTD based in Iran and the PRC. Hashemi has coordinated Beijing SNTD’s efforts to procure goods including accelerometers and gyroscopes, which are key goods sought by Iran’s ballistic missile program for guidance, navigation, and control purposes. Hashemi’s work at Beijing SNTD has also entailed close coordination with the Iranian procurement agent Saeed Hamidi Javar (Javar). Iran-based Javar has facilitated efforts to procure missile-applicable accelerometers and gyroscopes for Beijing SNTD. Javar serves as managing director and chairman of the board of the Iran-based Buy Best Electronic Pars Company (BBEPC), an electronic component supplier with an additional location in the PRC. Javar has also overseen BBEPC’s procurement for Iran’s Aerospace Industries Organization (AIO). AIO, a key MODAFL subordinate that oversees Iran’s ballistic missile programs, was included in the Annex to E.O. 13382 in July 2005.
PRC-based Beijing Shiny Nights Technology Development Co., Ltd. (Beijing SNTD) is a MODAFL front company that has procured electronics and equipment on behalf of Iranian end users, including OFAC-designated MODAFL subsidiary Iran Electronic Industries (IEI). In June 2023, OFAC designated the PRC-based Beijing SNTD pursuant to E.O. 13382 for being owned or controlled by, or acting or purporting to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, MODAFL.
Sayyed Ali Seraj Hashemi have facilitated procurements on behalf of subordinates of Iran’s Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL). Procure various components, including accelerometers and gyroscopes, which serve as key inputs to Iran’s ballistic missile and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) program. Iran’s acquisition of critical missile and UAV components continues to enable its proliferation of weapons systems to its proxies in the Middle East and to Russia.
Hashemi is being designated pursuant to E.O. 13382 for acting or purporting to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Beijing SNTD. Javar is being designated pursuant to E.O. 13382 for having provided, or attempted to provide, financial, material, technological or other support for, or goods or services in support of, Beijing SNTD. BBEPC is being designated pursuant to E.O. 13382 for being owned or controlled by, directly or indirectly, Javar.
Involved In:
Nuclear Weapon Program
Missile Weapon Program
Also Known As:
HASHEMI, Ali
SERAJHASHEMI, Seyed Ali
DOB:
05 Sep 1976
Country:
Iran
Address:
China
Iran
National ID No.:
0452521629 (Iran)