Mehdi Najafi

Also Known As: 

Seyedmehdi Mojtahednajafi
Seyedmehdi Miraliasghar Mojtahednajafi
Seyed Mehdi Mojtahed Najafi

Weapon Program: 

  • Nuclear

Address: 

No. 1-30th Bld# 2nd, Shahrak Farhangian Sheykh Fazlollah Nour, Tehran 1464873861, Iran

Facilitated the purchase of tens of thousands of dollars worth of metals from China for Iran Centrifuge Technology Company (TESA), which produces centrifuges for Iran's uranium enrichment program.

A representative of Tamin Kalaye Sabz Aras Company, which held a contract with TESA for alloy parts; worked with Chinese suppliers to procure metallic products for TESA; contracted with Suzhou Zhongsheng Magnetic Company Limited and Suzhou A-One Special Alloy Co., Ltd for the supply of metallic products, including aluminum, which match a part for Iranian gas centrifuges.

Passport number is I15597905 (Iran); national ID number is 0054385946 (Iran); born on September 21, 1971, in Tehran.

Sanctions

Added on July 18, 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.

Date Entered: 

August 19, 2019

Date Last Modified: 

August 19, 2019