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GENERAL STAFF OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN

Disqualified · Export controlled · Sanctioned entity

GENERAL STAFF OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below.

Type	Organization				[sources]
Name	Armed Forces General Staff · GENERAL STAFF OF IRANIAN ARMED FORCES · GENERAL STAFF OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN				[sources]
Other name	AFGS · General Staff of Iranian Armed Forces · ستاد کل نیروهای مسلح جمهوری اسلامی ایران				[sources]
Weak alias	AFGS				[sources]
Legal form	Military body				[sources]
Country	Iran				[sources]
Unique Entity ID	`GPM4TX44FKE7` · `WHKGPLGZYTL4`				[sources]
Status	not available				[sources]
Address	Iran				[sources]
Source link	find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk · sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov				[sources]
Last change	2025-08-09	Last processed	2025-10-02	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Disqualified

— UK Companies House Disqualified Directors, 2025-04-10

The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.

— UK FCDO Sanctions List, 2025-04-09

(also GENERAL STAFF OF IRANIAN ARMED FORCES)

— US SAM Procurement Exclusions, 2025-07-23

(also ARMED FORCES GENERAL STAFF)

— US SAM Procurement Exclusions, 2025-07-23

Relationships

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
United States of America	TREAS-OFAC		2019-11-04	-

Data sources

UK Companies House Disqualified Directors15,628

Individuals which have been disqualified from holding the post of a company director in the United Kingdom following a court decision.

United Kingdom · CoH

UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets6,876

The United Kingdom's consolidated international sanctions list.

United Kingdom · OFSI

Canadian Consolidated Autonomous Sanctions List5,049

Sanctions imposed by Canada on specific countries, organizations, or individuals under the Special Economic Measures Act (SEMA) and JVCFOA

Canada · Global Affairs Canada

Taiwan Strategic High-Tech Commodities Entity List9,924

Entities subject to export restrictions due to concerns about the end-use or end-users, particularly relating to weapons of mass destruction (WMD) or other military applications.

Taiwan · MOEA

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)22,967

The Consolidated Screening List (CSL) is a list of parties for which the United States Government maintains restrictions on certain exports, re-exports, or transfers of items.

United States of America · ITA

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List34,597

The primary United States' sanctions list, specially designated nationals (SDN) part.

United States of America · OFAC

UK FCDO Sanctions List5,826

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · FCDO

US SAM Procurement Exclusions105,756

A database of suppliers who have been excluded from participating in US federal procurement.

United States of America · GSA

Source data IDs: tw-shtc-2bc5cbc4b6eb7959df016d38ad654b31cc68319f · usgsa-s4mrb7hnm · ca-sema-1-233-ir-armed-forces-general-staff · NK-A4jG8Yood5uzPAVxfWxufZ · gb-coh-ihxeiucfex8curdjar7bjw82xeg · usgsa-s4mrb7j51 · tw-shtc-119f58bf1251bdb75eb13bd6a700ef0cda945424 · ca-sema-f3d8dc2a271fc113fe2a2aacdc6a3073fc41e88e · gb-hmt-16468 · ca-sema-1-part-1-233-ir-armed-forces-general-staff · ofac-27849 · gb-fcdo-irn0196

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