Also Known As:
Mahmut Gök
Weapon Program:
- Missile
Related Country:
- Turkey
Address:
Bagcilar, Istanbul, Turkey
A Turkey-based businessman; according to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, part of a network that has procured carbon fiber and other missile-applicable goods for the Iranian Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL) and its subsidiaries.
According to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, has worked with Gokler Dis Ticaret Limited Sirketi to procure artificial graphite, carbon fiber, and solvents used in the production of carbon fiber for Iranian end-users including MODAFL and its subsidiaries; has used Mahmut Gok Skies Petroleum Dis Ticaret to conduct shipments destined for Iran; has used DM Gold Kiymetli Madenler Anonim Sirketi and Klas Kimyasal Urunler Ticaret Limited Sirketi as front companies for illicit Iranian procurement efforts.
Director of Gokler Dis Ticaret Limited Sirketi and Klas Kimyasal Urunler Ticaret Limited Sirketi; serves as president of the executive board of DM Gold Kiymetli Madenler Anonim Sirketi; authorized representative of Mahmut Gok Skies Petroleum Dis Ticaret.
Born in 1976.
Sanctions
Added on March 20, 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 (WMDs) and their delivery systems; also subject to the Iranian Financial Sanctions Regulations, which restrict 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.