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Official Journal of the European Union
3.8.2012
COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 709/2012
of 2 August 2012
implementing Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 concerning restrictive measures against Iran
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
(5) In
order
to
ensure
that
the
measures
provided
for
in
this
Regulation are effective, it should enter into force on the
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
day of its publication,
Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 (
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

1 ), and in
particular Article 46(1) and (2) thereof,
Article 1
Whereas:
The persons listed in Annex I to this Regulation shall be deleted
(1) On
23
March
2012,
the
Council
adopted
Regulation
(EU) from the list set out in Annex IX to Regulation (EU) No
No 267/2012.
267/2012.
(2) The
Council
considers
that
certain
persons
should
be
Article 2
removed from the list of natural and legal persons,
entities and bodies subject to restrictive measures set
In Annex IX to Regulation (EU) No 267/2012, the entries
out in Annex IX to Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 and
concerning the entities referred to in Annex II to this Regulation
that the entries concerning certain entities should be
shall be replaced by the entries set out in Annex II to this
amended.
Regulation.
(3)
Following the decision by the United Nations Security
Article 3
Council (UNSC) Committee established pursuant to
UNSC Resolution 1737 (2006), two persons and one
The persons and entity listed in Annex III to this Regulation
entity should be removed from the list set out in
shall be deleted from the list set out in Annex IX to Regulation
Annex IX to Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 and
(EU) No 267/2012 and added to the list set out in Annex VIII
included in the list of natural and legal persons, entities
to Regulation (EU) No 267/2012, as amended by the entries set
and bodies subject to restrictive measures set out in
out in Annex III to this Regulation.
Annex VIII to that Regulation.
Article 4
(4) The
lists
set
out
in
Annexes
VIII
and
IX
to
Regulation
(EU) No 267/2012 should therefore be amended accord
This Regulation shall enter into force on the date of its
ingly.
publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 2 August 2012.
For the Council
The President
A. D. MAVROYIANNIS
( 1 ) OJ L 88, 24.3.2012, p. 1.

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3.8.2012 Official
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of
the
European
Union L
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ANNEX I
Persons referred to in Article 1
1. Dr Ahmad AZIZI
2. Dr Ali DIVANDARI
3. Dr Abdolnaser HEMMATI
4. Mohammad Reza MESKARIAN
5. Sayeed ZAVVAR

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Official Journal of the European Union
3.8.2012
ANNEX II
Entities referred to in Article 2
Name Identifying
information Reasons Date
of
listing
1. Mobin
Sanjesh Entry
3,
No
11,
12th
Street,
Involved in purchasing equipment and 1.12.2011
Miremad Alley, Abbas Abad, materials which have direct applications in
Tehran
the Iranian nuclear programme.
2. Bank
Melli
Iran
ZAO Number 9/1, Ulitsa
Owned by Bank Melli. 23.6.2008
(a.k.a. Mir Business
Mashkova, Moscow,
Bank)
130064, Russia
Alternative addr: Mashkova
st. 9/1 Moscow 105062
Russia
3. Melli
Bank
plc London
Wall,
11th
floor,
Owned by Bank Melli. 23.6.2008
London EC2Y 5EA, United
Kingdom
4. Neka
Novin
Unit 7, No 12, 13th Street, Involved in procurement of specialist 23.5.2011
(a.k.a. Niksa Nirou)
Mir-Emad St, Motahary
equipment and materials that have direct
Avenue, Tehran, 15875-
application in Iranian nuclear programme.
6653
5. Bank
Tejarat Postal
Address:
Taleghani
Br.
Bank Tejarat is a partly State owned bank. 23.1.2012
130, Taleghani Ave.
It has directly facilitated Iran’s nuclear
P.O.Box: 11365 - 5416,
efforts. For example, in 2011, Bank
Tehran
Tejarat facilitated the movement of tens
Tel.: 88826690
of millions of dollars in an effort to assist
Tlx.: 226641 TJTA IR.
the UN designated Atomic Energy Organi
Fax: 88893641
sation of Iran’s ongoing effort to acquire
Website: http://www.
yellowcake uranium. The AEOI is the
tejaratbank.ir
main Iranian organisation for research
and development of nuclear technology,
and manages fissile material production
programs. Bank Tejarat also has a history
of assisting designated Iranian banks in
circumventing international sanctions, for
example acting in business involving UN
designated Shahid Hemmat Industrial
Group cover companies.
6. Shahid
Beheshti
Daneshju Blvd., Yaman St.,
Owned or controlled by Ministry of 23.5.2011
University
Chamran Blvd., P.O. Box
Defence and Armed Forces Logistics
19839-63113, Tehran, Iran
(MODAFL). Carries out scientific research
in relation to the development of nuclear
weapons.

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European
Union L
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ANNEX III
Persons and entity referred to in Article 3
Persons
1. Azim Aghajani (also spelled: Adhajani). Function: Member of the IRGC-Qods Force operating under the direction of
Qods Force Commander, Major General Qasem Soleimani, who was designated by the UN Security Council in
Resolution 1747 (2007).
Other information: facilitated a breach of paragraph 5 of Resolution 1747 (2007) prohibiting the export of arms and
related materiel from Iran.
Additional information: Nationality: Iran. Passport Number: 6620505, 9003213
Date of UN designation: 18 April 2012
2. Ali Akbar Tabatabaei (alias: Sayed Akbar Tahmaesebi). Function: Member of the IRGC Qods Force operating under the
direction of Qods Force Commander, Major General Qasem Soleimani, who was designated by the UN Security
Council in Resolution 1747 (2007).
Other information: facilitated a breach of paragraph 5 of Resolution 1747 (2007) prohibiting the export of arms and
related materiel from Iran.
Additional information: Nationality: Iran. Date of birth: 1967
Date of UN designation: 18 April 2012
Entity
1. Behineh Trading Co.
Other information: An Iranian company that played a key role in Iran’s illicit transfer of arms to West Africa and acted
on behalf of the IRGC Qods Force, commanded by Major General Qasem Soleimani, designated by the UN Security
Council in Resolution 1747 (2007), as the shipper of the weapons consignment.
Additional information: Location: Tavakoli Building, Opposite of 15th Alley, Emam-Jomeh Street, Tehran, Iran.
Telephone: +98 9195382305. Website: http://www.behinehco.ir
Date of UN designation: 18 April 2012

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