Type | Person | [sources] | |||
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Name | ESMA'IL GHA'ANI · Esma'il Qa'ani · Esmaeil GHAANI · Esmaeil GHA’ANI · Esmaeil Ghaani Akbarnejad · | [sources] | |||
Other name | AKBARNEJAD, Esmaeil Ghaani · Esma'il GHA'ANI · Esma'il QA’ANI · Esma'il Qa'ani · Esmaeil AKBARNEJAD · | [sources] | |||
Birth date | [sources] | ||||
Place of birth | Machhad · Machhad : IRAN · Mashad, IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF) · Mashad, Iran · Mashhad · | [sources] | |||
Gender | male | [sources] | |||
Nationality | Iran | [sources] | |||
Country | Iran | [sources] | |||
Citizenship | Iran | [sources] | |||
Classification | National government (unknown status) | [sources] | |||
Country of birth | Iran | [sources] | |||
First name | Akbar · Esma'il · Esmaeil · Esmaeil Ghaani · Esmail · | [sources] | |||
ID Number | D9003033 · D9008347 | [sources] | |||
Last name | Akbarnejad · GHA'ANI · GHANI · Ghaani · Gha’ani · | [sources] | |||
Middle name | Akbar | [sources] | |||
Passport number | D9003033 · D9003033 [IR] · D9008347 | [sources] | |||
Second name | Akbar · Ghaani | [sources] | |||
Title | Brigadier-General · Sardar (IRGC) | [sources] | |||
Wikidata ID | Q65195624 | [sources] | |||
Position | Commandant de la force Qods de l’IRGC · Commandant de la force Qods de l’IRGC Général de brigade · Commander of Quds Force (2020-) · Commander of the IRGC Qods Force · Général de brigade · | [sources] | |||
Education | Imam Ali Officers' Academy | [sources] | |||
Religion | Islam | [sources] | |||
Address | Iran | [sources] | |||
Source link | find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk · gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr · sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov | [sources] | |||
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Brigadier General Esmail QAANI serves as Commander of the IRGC Qods Force (IRGC QF).
Associated entities: Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC); IRGC-Qods Force
Ismail Qaani is the Commander of the EU-listed Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Qods Force (IRGC-QF). The IRGC-QF is responsible for orchestrating a network of regional militias that have aggressively expanded Iran’s military influence across the Arab world in recent decades. Under Qaani’s command, the IRGC-QF facilitates and supports unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and missile attacks by transferring Iranian weapons to militias in the Middle East and Red Sea region. Under Qaani’s orders, the IRGC-QF enables and supports the drone and missile attacks by Houthis. Therefore, in his capacity as leader of the IRGC-QF, Ismail Qaani is involved in transferring Iran’s missiles and UAVs to armed groups and entities undermining peace and security in the Middle East and Red Sea region.
Associated entities: Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC); IRGC-Qods Force
Rank: Brigadier-General
Position: Commander of the IRGC Qods Force
Associated entities: Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC); IRGC-Qods Force
Associated entities: Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC); IRGC-Qods Force
Entités associées: Corps des gardiens de la révolution islamique (IRGC); Force Qods de l’IRGC - Ismail Qaani est le commandant de la force Qods du Corps des gardiens de la révolution islamique (IRGC-QF), inscrite sur la liste de l’UE. L’IRGC-QF est responsable de l’organisation d’un réseau de milices régionales qui ont agressivement étendu l’influence militaire de l’Iran dans le monde arabe au cours des dernières décennies. Sous le commandement de Qaani, l’IRGC-QF facilite et soutient les attaques de véhicules aériens sans pilote (UAV) et de missiles en transférant des armes iraniennes à des milices au Moyen-Orient et dans la région de la mer Rouge. Sous les ordres de Qaani, l’IRGC-QF facilite et soutient, entre autres, les attaques de drones et de missiles perpétrées par les houthistes. Par conséquent, en sa qualité de chef de l’IRGC-QF, Ismail Qaani participe au transfert de missiles et d’UAV iraniens vers des groupes et entités armés qui compromettent la paix et la sécurité au Moyen-Orient et dans la région de la mer Rouge.
Disqualified
The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.
Entités associées: Corps des gardiens de la révolution islamique (IRGC); Force Qods de l’IRGC
(also ESMAIL GHANI, ISMAIL AKBAR NEZHAD, ESMAEIL GHAANI AKBARNEJAD, ESMAIL QANI, ESMAIL GHAANI, ESMA'IL QA'ANI)
(also ESMAIL GHANI, ISMAIL AKBAR NEZHAD, ESMAEIL GHAANI AKBARNEJAD, ESMAIL QANI, ESMA'IL GHA'ANI, ESMAIL GHAANI)
(also ESMAIL GHANI, ISMAIL AKBAR NEZHAD, ESMAIL QANI, ESMA'IL GHA'ANI, ESMAIL GHAANI, ESMA'IL QA'ANI)
(also ESMAIL GHANI, ISMAIL AKBAR NEZHAD, ESMAEIL GHAANI AKBARNEJAD, ESMAIL QANI, ESMA'IL GHA'ANI, ESMA'IL QA'ANI)
(also ISMAIL AKBAR NEZHAD, ESMAEIL GHAANI AKBARNEJAD, ESMAIL QANI, ESMA'IL GHA'ANI, ESMAIL GHAANI, ESMA'IL QA'ANI)
(also ESMAIL GHANI, ISMAIL AKBAR NEZHAD, ESMAEIL GHAANI AKBARNEJAD, ESMA'IL GHA'ANI, ESMAIL GHAANI, ESMA'IL QA'ANI)
(also ESMAIL GHANI, ESMAEIL GHAANI AKBARNEJAD, ESMAIL QANI, ESMA'IL GHA'ANI, ESMAIL GHAANI, ESMA'IL QA'ANI)
Iranian general in the Quds Force
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United Kingdom | Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office · UK | Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 | - |
United Kingdom | Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation · UK | UK sanctions relating to Iran | - |
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European Union | Council of the European Union | - | - | - |
European Union | Directorate‑General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union | EU sanctions against Iran | - |
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Australia | Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade | Iran Sanctions Regime | - |
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