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Treasury Sanctions Iranian Entities | U.S. Department of the Treasury

Treasury Sanctions Iranian Entities
January 4, 2018

Action Illustrates Iranian Regime's Prioritization of Destabilizing Weapons Systems at the
Expense of its People
Washington – Today, the Department of the Treasury's O ice of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
sanctioned five Iran-based entities subordinate to a key element of Iran's ballistic missile
program. Shahid Kharrazi Industries, Shahid Sanikhani Industries, Shahid Moghaddam
Industries, Shahid Eslami Research Center, and Shahid Shustari Industries are being designated
pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13382 for being owned or controlled by Iran's Shahid Bakeri
Industrial Group (SBIG).
"These sanctions target key entities involved in Iran's ballistic missile program, which the
Iranian regime prioritizes over the economic well-being of the Iranian people. As the Iranian
people su er, their government and the IRGC fund foreign militants, terrorist groups, and
human rights abuses," said Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin. "The United States will
continue to decisively counter the Iranian regime's malign activity, including additional
sanctions targeting human rights abuses. We will not hesitate to call out the regime's economic
mismanagement, and diversion of significant resources to fund threatening missile systems at
the expense of its citizenry."
SBIG, which is responsible for the development and production of Iran's solid-propellant
ballistic missiles, is listed in the Annex to E.O. 13382 and is currently sanctioned by the U.S., UN,
and EU.
Shahid Kharrazi Industries is subordinate to SBIG and is responsible for the development
and production of guidance and control systems for solid-propellant ballistic missiles.
Shahid Sanikhani Industries is subordinate to SBIG and is responsible for casting and curing
solid-propellant for Iran's solid-propellant ballistic missiles.
Shahid Moghaddam Industries is subordinate to SBIG and is responsible for the
development and production of solid-propellant missile motor cases, ballistic missile
launchers, and ground support equipment.
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Shahid Eslami Research Center is subordinate to, and serves as the research and
development organization within, SBIG.
Shahid Shustari Industries is subordinate to, and likely was created for the development of
fiber materials for, SBIG.
As a result of this action, all property and interests in property of those designated today subject
to U.S. jurisdiction are blocked, and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in
transactions with them. In addition, foreign financial institutions that knowingly facilitate
significant transactions for, or persons that provide material or certain other support to, the
entities designated today risk exposure to sanctions that could sever their access to the U.S.
financial system or block their property and interests in property under U.S. jurisdiction.
Identifying information on the entities designated today.
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