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Network led by Hamed Dehghan, has used a Hong Kong-based front company to evade U.S. and international sanctions and facilitate tens of millions of dollars’ worth of proliferation activities targeting U.S. technology and electronic components, for persons related to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the Iranian regime’s missile program;
Hamed Dehghan together with Hadi Dehghan, since 2017 alone, these actors have used a network of intermediary companies, including a Hong Kong-based front company, to facilitate more than ten million dollars’ worth of proliferation-related transactions;
Hamed Dehghan served as the general manager and chairman of the board of Ebtekar Sanat Ilya, another company leveraged by the network. Hamed Dehghan, his company Ebtekar Sanat Ilya, and Hadi Dehghan have procured more than one million dollars’ worth of military-grade electronic components for Rastafann Engineering Company (Rastafann), and have had multiple other Iranian military clientele;
Rastafann was designated on October 13, 2017, pursuant to E.O. 13382 for having provided support to the IRGC and Naval Defence Missile Industry Group. The IRGC and Naval Defence Missile Industry Group were themselves designated pursuant to E.O. 13382 in 2007 and 2010, respectively;
Ebtekar Sanat Ilya’s customers also include the Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company (HESA), Shahid Bakeri Industrial Group (SBIG), and Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group (SHIG), all of which are designated pursuant to E.O. 13382;
The European Union and the United Nations have both designated SBIG and SHIG. HESA is designated by the European Union. OFAC designated HESA pursuant to E.O. 13382 on September 17, 2008, for being owned or controlled by Iran’s Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL) and having provided support to the IRGC;
Ebtekar Sanat Ilya is 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, Rastafann;
Involved In:
Nuclear Weapon Program
Also Known As:
Ebtekar Sanat Ilya LLC
Ebtekar Sanat Elya
Ebtekar Sanat Ilia
Ebtekar Sanat Iliya
Ebtekar Sanat Iliya Company
Ebtekat Sanat Ilya Co. LTD
Country:
Iran
Address:
Apt. No. 10, Bldg. No. 517, between Khavar and Valiasr Crossroads, Farjam Ave, Tehran, Iran
Person of interests:
Hamed Dehghan
Hadi Dehghan