Supported a procurement network that facilitated tens of millions of dollars in proliferation-related transactions involving U.S. technology and electronic components for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Iran's missile program.

Helped Hamed Dehghan, the chief executive officer and chairman of Iran-based Pishtazan Kavosh Gostar Boshra (PKGB) and Ebtekar Sanat Ilya, procure electronic components; the following companies and persons were also involved in the procurement network: Green Industries (Hong Kong) Limited, Shafagh Senobar Yazd Company Limited, Shaghayegh Akhaei, and Hadi Dehghan.

An Iranian national; national ID number is 4449759990 (Iran); born in 1985.

Sanctions

Added on August 28, 2019 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 and their delivery systems; foreign parties facilitating transactions for the person or otherwise assisting the person are subject to U.S. sanctions; also subject to the Iranian Financial Sanctions Regulations; foreign financial institutions facilitating transactions for the person may be prohibited from opening or maintaining correspondent or payable-through accounts in the United States.