PASARGAD ARIAN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY

Iran; Iran

No. 123, No-Avari 12 Alley, No-Avari Blvd, Pardis Technology Park, Pardis, 1657167183, Tehran Province, Iran; No. 2, East Taban St., Nelson Mandela Blvd, Tehran, Iran

10103807145, National ID No.; 998, Registration Number

Today’s action also targets Iranian software holding company Pasargad Arian Information and Communication Technology Company (FANAP), which is owned or controlled by Pasargad bank, a major financial institution designated by OFAC for operating in the Iranian financial sector. FANAP entered the financial sector as a company specialized in designing and developing indigenous financial technologies for Iranian banks. FANAP and its subsidiaries provide services such as the secure transportation of cash and high-value assets, the production and maintenance of ATMs, and the design of banking and payment hardware for Iran’s banking sector. FANAP is being designated pursuant to E.O. 13902 for being owned or controlled by, or having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Pasargad Bank. Since its inception, FANAP and its subsidiaries have diversified their information technology activities with the backing of the Iranian government to develop surveillance technologies for the Iranian police state. FANAP and its director, Shahab Javanmardi, have strong links to the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS), and other FANAP executives serve as members of the IRGC. The United States has sanctioned both MOIS and the IRGC for committing serious human rights abuses against the Iranian people and supporting terrorist groups. FANAP’s subsidiaries have partnered with Iran’s Information and Communications Technology Ministry in the development of the National Information Network (NIN), a countrywide intranet that is being used to block the Iranian people from accessing the global, uncensored internet. The Iranian government also commissioned FANAP-owned companies to design Soroush, an indigenous messaging application developed to enable the Iranian government to block Telegram in the country due to its heavy use by protestors across Iran. FANAP also owns facial recognition software called Behnama, which is operated by the Law Enforcement Forces of Iran and Iran’s Morality Police, entities responsible for enforcing women’s compliance with the mandatory hijab laws. Shahab Javanmardi is being designated pursuant to E.O. 13902 for being owned or controlled by, or having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, FANAP.

US

Subject to Secondary Sanctions

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0220

2025-08-07

US

Executive Order 13902 of January 10, 2020 Imposing Sanctions With Respect to Additional Sectors of Iran

OFAC country specific

Iran

Blocking Property, Suspending Entry, Trade sanctions

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

E.O. 13902 imposes sanctions with respect to any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to operate in the construction, mining, manufacturing, and textiles sectors of the Iranian economy, and any additional sectors of the Iranian economy as may be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State. On October 8, 2020, the Secretary of the Treasury identified the financial sector of the Iranian economy for additional sanctions under E.O. 13902. Iranian and non-Iranian persons operating in these sectors could be subject to sanctions pursuant to E.O. 13902.

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