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India-based Mehdi Group subsidiary Bushra Ship Management Private Limited under director Ali Ghadeer Mehdi, handle the day-to-day operations of the network’s vessels. These vessels include the BONITA QUEEN, the DEVREZ, and the TOUR 2, which are being identified as blocked property;
India-based Mehdi Group and its director, Ali Zaheer Mehdi, have managed vessels and found additional ones to move Iranian oil. Mehdi Group bears responsibility for crewing and managing at least seven of the vessels used by the network. On August 30, 2019, Mehdi Group was designated pursuant to E.O. 13224 for assisting in, sponsoring, or providing financial, material, or technological support for, or financial or other services to or in support of, Rostam Qasemi;
The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took action against a large shipping network that is directed by and financially supports the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF) and its terrorist proxy Hizballah. Over the past year, the IRGC-QF has moved oil worth hundreds of millions of dollars or more through this network for the benefit of the brutal Assad regime, Hizballah, and other illicit actors. Senior IRGC-QF official and former Iranian Minister of Petroleum Rostam Qasemi oversees this sprawling network, which features dozens of ship managers, vessels, and facilitators. This complex network of intermediaries enables the IRGC-QF to obfuscate its involvement in selling Iranian oil. The IRGC-QF also relies heavily on Hizballah officials and front companies to broker associated contracts. OFAC also is issuing a new shipping advisory to the maritime community warning of these types of schemes and the sanctions risks associated with blocked persons;
Industry:
Shipping Industry
Also Known As:
Bushra Ship Management PVT LTD
Bushra Ship Management Private Limited
Registration Number:
233897 (India)
U63090MH2012PTC233897 (India)
Established:
30 July 2012
Country:
India
Address:
102, Mohid Height, Suresh Nagar, Mumbai City, Maharashtra 400053, India
102, Mohid Height, Suresh Nagar Near Rto Office, Four Bungalows, Anderi (W), Mumbai, Maharashtra 400053, India
Mohid Height, 102, Lokhandwala Complex Road, Suresh Nagar, Anderi (W), Mumbai 400053, India
Website:
www.bushrashipmanagement.com
E-mail:
accounts1@mehdishipping.net
Person of interests:
Zawar Fatima Iqbal Hussain Sayed
Ali Ghadeer Mehdi
Reason for the color:
» Added to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list maintained by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on September 4, 2019 pursuant to Executive Order 13224 today for being owned or controlled by Mehdi Group;
» Map of designated network;