Sayyid Ali Akbar TABATABAEI

Last Updated: April 19, 2026

Aliases

Akbar TAHMASEBI

Ali Akbar TABATABAEI

Seyed Akbar TABATABA'I

Seyed Akbar TAHMAESEBI

Syed TABATABAEI

Seyed TAHMASEBI

Seyed Akbar TABATABAEI

Sayyed Ali TABATABA'IE

Sayyed Ali TABATABAEE

Nationality

Iran

Reg. ID

6620505, Passport; 9003213, Passport

Official reason

Sayyid Ali Akbar Tabatabaei is the Commander of the IRGC-QF Africa Corps. As the commander of all IRGC-QF operations in Africa, Tabatabaei's duties entail overseeing IRGC-QF weapons transfers to Africa, including the IRGC-QF's weapons shipment that was intended for The Gambia. In this capacity, Tabatabaei oversaw Hosein Aghajani's facilitation of the weapons shipment.

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/tg1506

Date of listing

2012-03-27

Program information

Authority

Program

Iranian Financial Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR Part 561

Regime

OFAC country specific

Target State

Iran

Measures

Blocking Property, Trade sanctions

Sanctions Portfolio

• https://ofac.treasury.gov/faqs/topic/1551

Official Information

On August 16, 2010, OFAC issued the Iranian Financial Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 561 (75 FR 49836, August 16, 2010) (IFSR) to implement provisions of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111–195) (22 U.S.C. 8501–8551). Since then, OFAC has amended the IFSR several times.

Additional Details

SDN

Program URL

https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-31/subtitle-B/chapter-V/part-561

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