Yousef ABOUTALEBI

Iran

1983-05-29

Male

Iran

0384284094, National ID No.

IRGC Brigadier General Abdollah Mehrabi (Mehrabi), as chief of the IRGC ASF Research and Self-Sufficiency Jihad Organization (SSJO), has procured UAV engines for the organization from Oje Parvaz Mado Nafar Company (Mado Company), an entity he co-owns and for which he has served as chairman. Mado Company and its managing director Yousef Aboutalebi (Aboutalebi) have procured UAV engines for the IRGC Navy and entities supporting weapons development for the Iranian military, including Iran’s Qods Aviation Industries (QAI) and Aircraft Manufacturing Industries (HESA), which is a U.S.-sanctioned company that has provided UAVs to the IRGC. Mehrabi is being designated pursuant to E.O. 13382 for acting or purporting to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, the IRGC ASF SSJO. Aboutalebi and Mado Company are being designated pursuant to E.O. 13382 for having provided, or attempted to provide, financial, material, technological, or other support for, or goods or services in support of, the IRGC.

US

Subject to Secondary Sanctions

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0443

2021-10-29

US

Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 544

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Non-Proliferation

Blocking Property

On April 13, 2009, OFAC issued the Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 544 (74 FR 16771, April 13, 2009) (the “Regulations”), to implement Executive Order (E.O.) 13382 of June 28, 2005, “Blocking Property of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators and Their Supporters” (70 FR 38567, July 1, 2005)

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