Last Updated: October 20, 2026

Bakshayesh Hossein

Aliases

بخشایش حسین

Nationality

Iran

Position

CEO and Managing Director of Sahara Thunder

Date of birth

1964-05-22

Sex

Male

Reg. ID

Id Card, 1189810190, issuer: Iran

Other sanctions regimes

EU, UN

Official reason

Hossein Bakshayesh is the CEO and managing director of Sahara Thunder. Sahara Thunder is an Iranian import-export trading company which acts as a front company for the Iranian Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL). In this capacity, it supplies unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), individual components, and related technology to Russia and receives payment from Russia for delivery of those goods and services. As CEO and managing director of Sahara Thunder, Hossein Bakshayesh therefore supplies and is otherwise involved in transferring Iran’s UAVs to Russia in support of its war of aggression against Ukraine.

Sender

Additional info

art. 16 (Financial sanctions), art. 26 (Travel ban) and art. 27 (Prohibition to honour certain claims), annex 13

Other Information

Position(s): CEO and Managing Director of Sahara Thunder

Date of listing

2026-03-10

Program information

Authority

Program

Ordinance of 12 December 2025 on measures against the Islamic Republic of Iran (SR 946.231.143.6)

Regime

UN, Switzerland country specific

Target State

Iran

Measures

Asset freeze, Travel ban, Financial restrictions

Official Information

Switzerland imposes these sanctions under the Ordinance of 12 December 2025 on measures against the Islamic Republic of Iran (SR 946.231.143.6). The measures implement sanctions adopted by the UN Security Council and follow those of the European Union.

Program URL

https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/2025/838/de

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