Kavan Electronics

Kavan Electronics has acquired and sold servomotors and other UAV-applicable items worth hundreds of thousands of dollars to the IRGC ASF SSJO

Status:Top Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violation

Risk Level:99%

May harm your business future. Persons or entities that engage in transactions with this entity will be exposed to sanctions or subject to an enforcement action.

Working with this entity means supporting Iranian Regime, Regime Terrorist Activities & development of WMD

Info:
Kavan Electronics has acquired and sold servomotors and other UAV-applicable items worth hundreds of thousands of dollars to the IRGC ASF SSJO

Ardakani serves as the chairman of the board of directors for Iran-based Kavan Electronics Behrad Limited Liability Company (Kavan Electronics). Under Ardakani’s leadership, Kavan Electronics has acquired and sold servomotors and other UAV-applicable items worth hundreds of thousands of dollars to the IRGC ASF SSJO. Iran-based Mehdi Dehghani Mohammadabadi (Mohammadabadi) serves as Kavan Electronics’ CEO.

Iran-based Hossein Hatefi Ardakani (Ardakani) oversees a transnational procurement network that spans the Middle East and East Asia and has procured hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of servomotors, inertial navigation equipment, and other items with UAV applications for the IRGC ASF SSJO. Ardakani directly contracts with the IRGC ASF SSJO using his Iran-based firms and coordinates foreign defense procurements through front companies in Malaysia, Hong Kong, and other jurisdictions.

IRGC Aerospace Force Self Sufficiency Jihad Organization is Involved in Iran’s ballistic missile research and flight test launches. Part of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force;

“Iran’s illicit production and proliferation of its deadly UAVs to its terrorist proxies in the Middle East and to Russia continues to exacerbate tensions and prolong conflicts, undermining stability,” said Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Brian E. Nelson. “The United States, in close coordination with our allies and partners, will continue to use the full range of our tools and authorities to disrupt these illicit procurement networks, as well as hold accountable the individuals and entities who seek to support them.”

Involved In:
Missile Weapon Program

Also Known As:
Kavan Electronics Behrad Limited Liability Company
KAVAN ELECTRONIC CO., LTD
KAVAN ELECTRONIC COMPANY
KAVAN ELECTRONIC SADR ARIA ENGINEERING LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY

Organization Established Date:
13 Jul 2016

Country:
Iran

Address:
No. 63, Unit 4, Shahrara, Patrice Lumumba St., Abshori Sharghi St., Tehran 1445934911, Iran

Registration Number:
495080 (Iran)

National ID No.:
14005997725 (Iran)

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 19, 2023 pursuant to Executive Order 13382 for being owned or controlled by, or acting or purporting to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Ardakani, and for having provided, or attempted to provide, financial, material, technological or other support for, or goods or services in support of, the IRGC ASF SSJO;