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Rostam Ghasemi is an Iranian military officer and politician who was minister of petroleum from 3 August 2011 to 15 August 2013;
Currently is commander of the Khatam al-Anbiya Construction Headquarters (Khatam ol Anbia Gharargah Sazandegi Nooh), which is owned or controlled by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Reportedly head of Khatam ol Anbia since 2008, reportedly a board member of the Industrial Development and Renovation Organization of Iran (IDRO). Was previously head of Nuh Construction HQ, affiliated with the IRGC Navy;
In spring 2019 alone, this IRGC-QF-led network employed more than a dozen vessels to transport nearly 10 million barrels of crude oil, predominantly to the Syrian regime. These shipments, taken collectively, sold for more than half a billion dollars. The same network also sold nearly 4 million barrels of condensate and hundreds of thousands of barrels in gas oil, bringing in another quarter billion dollars;
Iranian officials increasingly seek to deceive potential customers into buying Iranian oil. The network, run by IRGC-QF official Rostam Qasemi, attempted on multiple occasions to pass off Iranian cargo as Iraqi-origin;
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;
IRGC-QF Commander Qasem Soleimani (Soleimani) supervises fellow IRGC-QF official Rostam Qasemi, who has continued taking advantage of his domestic and international connections in the energy industry since his tenure as Iran’s Minister of Petroleum from 2011 to 2013;
IRGC-QF official Rostam Qasemi, who is also the head of the Iranian-Syrian Economic Relations Development Committee, manages a group of individuals, shipping and oil companies, and vessels to sell Iranian crude, condensates, and gas oil. Qasemi relies on trusted IRGC-QF officials and associates to run the network, including his son, Morteza Qasemi. Morteza Qasemi has helped finalize the network’s oil contracts;
Iranian Law Enforcement Forces (LEF) official Shamsollah Asadi helped Rostam Qasemi obtain tankers for the network’s use;
Rostam Qasemi is being designated pursuant to E.O. 13224 for acting for or on behalf of the IRGC-QF and IRGC-QF Commander Qasem Soleimani. Rostam Qasemi previously was designated pursuant to E.O. 13382 on February 10, 2010; in his role as an IRGC general at the time, he served as the commander of Khatam al-Anbiya Construction Headquarters, the engineering arm of the IRGC whose projects fund the IRGC’s operations;
Also Known As:
Rostam Ghasemi Mohammadali
IRGC General Rostam Qasemi
IRGC Gen. Rostam Qasemi
Rostam Qassemi
Rostam Ghassemi
Rostam Ghasemi
Brig. Gen. Rostam Qassemi
Revolutionary Guard Gen. Rostam Qasemi
Cmdr Rostam Qassemi
General Qasemi
Sardar Rostam Qasemi
Involved In:
Nuclear Weapon Program
Missile Weapon Program
Military Weapon Program
Country:
Iran
Address:
Tehran
Born:
May 5, 1964
Passport Number:
A2463775
Articles/Reports:
Khatam Al-Anbiya – Report
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 for acting for or on behalf of Rostam Qasemi;
» Map of designated network;
» On 24/10/2016 added on consolidated list of financial sanctions targets in the UK;
» Added on February 10, 2010 to the Specially Designated National (SDN) list maintained by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), freezing its 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; commander of the Khatam al-Anbiya Construction Headquarters (Khatam ol Anbia Gharargah Sazandegi Nooh), which is owned or controlled by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC);
» Listed in an annex to U.N. Security Council of July 26, 2010, as a person linked to Iran’s proliferation sensitive nuclear activities or development of nuclear weapon delivery systems; with some exceptions, the designation requires states to freeze financial assets on their territories which are owned or controlled by the person, by its agents, by entities it owns or controls, or by entities determined by the Security Council to have assisted the listed person in evading sanctions;