Died:
18 April 2021 (aged 65)
Who was Mohammad Hejazi
Info:
Deputy Commander in Chief of the IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps);
Person 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 person. With some exceptions, European Union member states must prevent the person’s entry into or transit through their territories;
Identified as a “key person” of the IRGC in an annex to U.N. Security Council resolution 1747 of March 24, 2007, which lists entities of proliferation concern; 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. The resolution calls on states to “exercise vigilance” in allowing the designated person to enter or to transit through their territories, and requires states to notify the Security Council if the person does so;
Reportedly appointed commander of the Sarallah military base; reportedly former head of the IRGC Joint Chiefs of Staff;
Former commander of the Bassij resistance force, which is also known as the Basij Force (Popular Mobilization Army) of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC);
Hejazi became a member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in May 1979. He served as the intelligence and security advisor to the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei;
It is alleged that Hejazi, while serving as an advisor to Khamanei, attended the meeting in August 1993 to plan the AMIA attack along with Khamanei, Rafsanjani, then president, Ali Fallahian, then intelligence minister, and Ali Akbar Velayati, then foreign minister;
Also Known As:
Mohammad Hejazi
Seyyed Mohammad Hejazi
Seyed Mohammad Hejazi
Born:
1959
Involved In:
Military Weapon Program
Nuclear Weapon Program
Missile Weapon Program
Country:
Iran
Reason for the color:
» On October 25, 2007, added to the Specially Designated National (SDN) list maintained by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), freezing the entity’s 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 by the European Union on April 21, 2007, pursuant to U.N. Security Council Resolution 1747, as a person 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 person; with some exceptions, European Union member states must prevent the person’s entry into or transit through their territories;
» Identified as a “key person” of the IRGC in an annex to U.N. Security Council resolution 1747 of March 24, 2007, which lists entities of proliferation concern; 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;