An Iranian national; managing director and chairman of the board of directors of Azmoon Pajohan Hesgar Limited Liability Company; according to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, has facilitated Azmoon Pajohan Hesgar's procurement of electronic components, gyroscopes, and other missile-applicable items for organizations subordinate to Iran's Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL).

Azmoon Pajohan Hesgar has procured missile-applicable items for Shahid Bagheri Industrial Group (SBIG), an entity overseen by the Aerospace Industries Organization (AIO) that is responsible for Iran's solid-fueled ballistic missile program.

Born in 1967.

Sanctions

Added on July 30, 2024, to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list maintained by the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), freezing the person'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; also subject to the Iranian Financial Sanctions Regulations, which restricts the use of the U.S. financial system for transactions involving Iranian entities.

Foreign parties facilitating transactions for the person or otherwise assisting the person may be subject to U.S. sanctions; foreign financial institutions facilitating transactions for the person may be prohibited from opening or maintaining correspondent or payable-through accounts in the United States; subject to heightened U.S. export license requirements (with a presumption of denial) due to involvement in activities related to WMD proliferation.