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Gatewick LLC is Mahan Air’s freight and cargo GSA in Dubai, and is being designated pursuant to E.O. 13224 for having acted on or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Mahan Air;
Mahan Air was designated in October 2011 pursuant to E.O. 13224 for providing financial, material, or technological support for or to the IRGC-QF. Mahan Air has transported IRGC-QF operatives, weapons, equipment, and funds abroad in support of the IRGC-QF’s regional operations, and has also moved weapons and personnel for Hizballah. Since the onset of the Syrian civil war, Mahan Air has routinely flown fighters and materiel to Syria to prop up the Assad regime, which has contributed to mass atrocities and displacement of civilians;
OFAC is taking action against three Mahan Air GSAs in markets across the Middle East and Asia, entities that prop up Mahan Air’s commercial operations. GSAs are third parties that provide services to an airline under the airline’s brand. These services range from sales, financial, administrative, and marketing services to freight reception and handling;
According to federalregister – February 2009:
Gatewick is a freight and cargo services company in the UAE and at all times pertinent hereto the sole booking agent for air freight forwarding and cargo services for Mahan Airways, an Iranian airline. Gatewick entered into an agreement with Seyed Mousavi Trading, an Iranian trading company, in connection with the export of the items to Iran. Gatewick agreed to receive the goods ordered by Seyed Mousavi Trading from the United States using Mahan Airways’ import code and to then ship the goods from the UAE to their destination in Iran. In furtherance of the conspiracy, Seyed Mousavi Trading, which identified itself to the U.S. reseller as a UAE company, ordered the 2,300 computer motherboards from the reseller for shipment to the UAE. The motherboards were actually destined for Seyed Mousavi Trading’s customer in Iran. Pursuant to Seyed Mousavi Trading’s instructions, the U.S. reseller shipped the motherboards, from the United States to Gatewick’s location in the UAE. Consistent with the agreed-upon scheme, Gatewick received the items on February 8, 2009. Gatewick shipped the items the following day, February 9, 2009, from the UAE to Iran via Mahan Airways. No U.S. Government authorization was received for the export of the computer motherboards to Iran;
In so doing, Gatewick committed one violation of Section 764.2(d) of the Regulations;
Gatewick used Mahan Airways import code to receive the items in the UAE and then shipped the items from the UAE to Iran via Mahan Airways;
Industry:
Aviation Industry
Also Known As:
Gatewick Aviation Services
Gatewick Freight and Cargo
Gatewick
Country:
United Arab Emirates
Address:
Office No. M22, 1st Floor Dnata Building Freight Gate No. 4, Dubai Airport Free Zone, United Arab Emirates
Freight Gate 3, DAFZA, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
P.O. Box 52404, United Arab Emirates
P.O. Box 120597, United Arab Emirates
Phone:
971 4 299 1884
Website:
www.gatewick.com
E-mail:
info@gatewick.com
Registration Number:
222112 (United Arab Emirates)
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 December 11, 2019 pursuant to Executive Order 13224 for having acted on or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Mahan Air;
» The Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce (“BIS”), has notified Gatewick LLC, of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, a/k/a Gatewick Freight & Cargo Services, a/k/a Gatewick Aviation Services (“Gatewick”), that it has initiated an administrative proceeding against Gatewick pursuant to Section 766.3 of the Export Administration Regulations (the “Regulations”), and Section 13(c) of the Export Administration Act of 1979, as amended (the “Act”), through the issuance of a Charging Letter to Gatewick that alleges that Gatewick committed three violations of the Regulations;