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Ali Akbar Velayati

Debarred entity · Export controlled · Politician · Sanctioned entity

Ali Akbar Velayati is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Ali Akbar Velayati · Ali Akbar Welajati · Ali-Akbar Velayati · Alí Akbar Velayati · Alí Akbar Velayatí · 14 more...				[sources]
Alias	Велаяти, Али Акбар · دکتر ولایتی · علی اکبر ولایتی				[sources]
Weak alias	Velayati				[sources]
Birth date	1945-06-24 · 1945-06-25				[sources]
Place of birth	Shemiran, Tehran, Iran · Tehran				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Iran				[sources]
Citizenship	Iran				[sources]
First name	Ali Akbar · Alí				[sources]
Last name	Velayati				[sources]
Political association	Islamic Coalition Party				[sources]
Website	pressmin.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q439354				[sources]
Position	Foreign Affairs Minister of Iran (1981-1997) · Member of the Islamic Consultative Assembly (1980-1981) · Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de la Republica Islamica de Iran				[sources]
Education	Johns Hopkins University · University of Tehran				[sources]
Address	Iran				[sources]
Source link	home.treasury.gov · sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-07	Last processed	2026-01-23	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Iranian politician and physician (born 1945)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-11-19

Relationships

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
United States	Office of Foreign Assets Control		-	-

Documents
Document	Date
Treasury Designates Supreme Leader of Iran’s Inner Circle Responsible for Advancing Regime’s Domestic and Foreign Oppression	2019-11-04

Data sources

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List35,731

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

United States · OFAC

US SAM Procurement Exclusions105,549

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

United States · GSA

Taiwan Strategic High-Tech Commodities Entity List9,977

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)23,519

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 · ITA

Canadian Consolidated Autonomous Sanctions List5,154

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

Canada · Global Affairs Canada

Argentina RePET Sanctions865

Public Registry of Persons and Entities linked to acts of Terrorism and their Financing

Argentina · MdJ

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories383,917

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata334,490

Wikidata is the structured data project of the Wikipedia community, providing fact-based information edited by humans and machines

External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

US OFAC Press Releases4,921

US OFAC press releases that provide context and details related to sanctioned entities.

External dataset · United States · OFAC

Source data IDs: ca-sema-2fb9d9b337650fb806921b644b7f302dcecc6b2b · ofac-26952 · ofac-pr-eac16706dc6816131e3a7673deb635d02a6a3f20 · arpet-personas-9 · usgsa-s4mrb7hn7 · tw-shtc-92090e305a3774ce944d32d7ee4d0cca9a23d670

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