Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Ahmed FORUZANDEH
Aliases
Ahmad FORUZANDEH; Ahmad FRUZANDAH; Ahmad FAYRUZI; JAFARI; Ahmad FOROOZANDEH; ABU SHAHAB; ABU AHMAD ISHAB
Position
Brigadier General, Commanding Officer of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force Ramazan Corps; Deputy Commander of the Ramazan Headquarters; Chief of Staff of the Iraq Crisis Staff
DoB
1957; circa 1955; circa 1958; circa 1959; circa 1960; circa 1961; circa 1962; circa 1963
Address
Qods Force Central Headquarters, Former U.S. Embassy Compound, Tehran, Iran
Official reason
Iran-based Ahmed Foruzandeh, a Brigadier General in the IRGC-QF, leads terrorist operations against Coalition Forces and Iraqi Security Forces, and directs assassinations of Iraqi figures. The Qods Force, designated under E.O. 13224 for providing material support to terrorists, is the regime's primary mechanism for cultivating and supporting terror...
Other Information
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/hp759
Date of listing
2008-01-09
Program information
Authority
US
Program
Executive Order 13438 of July 17, 2007 Blocking Property of Certain Persons Who Threaten Stabilization Efforts in Iraq
Regime
OFAC country specific
Target State
Iraq
Measures
Blocking Property
Official Information
In response to Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait on August 2, 1990, the United States imposed comprehensive sanctions, including a trade embargo against Iraq and a freeze of the assets of the then-Iraqi government, which were implemented in the Iraqi Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 575. Over the years, a series of Executive orders adjusted the sancti...
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