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Qasem Soleimani

Military · Politician · Close Associate · Sanctioned entity

Qasem Soleimani is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Ghasem Solejmani · Haj Qasem · Haji Qassem · Kasem Soleimani · Kasem Sulejmani · 43 more...				[sources]
Other name	Generalmajor Qassem Soleimani · Generał Cień · Ghasem SOLEYMANI · Ghasem Soleimani · Ghasem Soleymani · 67 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Haj Qasem · Haji Qassem · Soleimani Sardar				[sources]
Birth date	1957-03-11				[sources]
Place of birth	Qanat-e Malek, Kerman · Qom, IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF) · Qom, Iran				[sources]
Death date	2020-01-03				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Iran				[sources]
Country	Iran				[sources]
Country of birth	Iran				[sources]
First name	Ghasem · Kasim · Qasem · Qasem · Qasim · 4 more...				[sources]
Keywords	National government				[sources]
Last name	Haj · Haji · SALIMANI · SOLAIMANI · SOLEIMANI · 11 more...				[sources]
Passport number	`008827`				[sources]
Second name	Haj · Haji				[sources]
Title	Brigadier General · Hajji · Major General				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q892014				[sources]
Position	Commander of Qods force. Promoted to Major General, retaining his position as Commander of Qods Force. · Commander of Quds Force (1998-2020) · бригадний генерал · командувач силами "Кодс				[sources]
Religion	Islam				[sources]
Source link	sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov				[sources]
Created at	2013-11-05				[sources]
Modified on	2024-05-01				[sources]
Last changed	2024-05-07	Last checked	2024-05-29	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Brigadier General, Commander of Qods force.

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2023-04-20

Promoted to Major General, retaining his position as Commander of Qods force. [Old reference # I.47.D.6]

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2023-04-20

Director of Uranium Mining Operations at the Saghand Uranium Mine.

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2023-04-20

Commander of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, IRGC-Qods, involved in providing equipment and support to help the Syrian regime suppress protests in Syria.

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2023-04-20

повышен в звании до генерал-майора при сохранении должности командующего силами «Кодс» [прежний идентификационный номер — I.47.D.6]

— 2021-11-21

Iranian military officer (1957–2020)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-01-10

Relationships

Agents
Agent	Role	Start date	End date
Rostam Qasemi	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Zeinab Soleimani	child · father	-	-
Narjes Soleimani	child · father	-	-
Ridha Safieddine	relative · son-in-law	-	-

Identifications
Document number	Country	Type	Start date	End date
`008827`	Iran	passport	-	-
`008827`	Iran	passport	-	-
`008827`	Iran	Diplomatic Passport	1999	-

Linked to
Object	Role	Start date	End date
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Qods Force	related-to	-	-
IRGC Qods Force	related-to	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Commander of Quds Force	1998-01-01	2020-01-01

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)	Ordinance of 11 November 2015 on measures against the Islamic Republic of Iran (SR 946.231.143.6), annexes 5-7	2017-09-22	2023-10-19
Estonian Presidency of the Council of the EU	-	-	-
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)	Ordinance of 11 November 2015 on measures against the Islamic Republic of Iran (SR 946.231.143.6), annexes 5-7	-	2016-01-17
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)	SDN List	-	-
National Security and Defense Council	254/2016	2016-06-15	2018-10-18
Estonian Presidency of the Council of the EU	-	-	-
Centrul Antiterorist al Serviciului de Informaţii şi Securitate al Republicii Moldova	Comitetul Consiliului de Securitate al ONU instituit prin Rezoluţia 2231 (2015)	-	-
Estonian Presidency of the Council of the EU	-	-	-
Global Affairs Canada	Iran	-	-
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)	Ordinance of 8 June 2012 on measures against Syria (SR 946.231.172.7), annex 7	2013-11-06	2020-06-26

Data sources

Ukraine NSDC State Register of Sanctions17,122

List of individuals and legal entities subject to restrictive measures.

Ukraine · National Security and Defense Council

Canadian Special Economic Measures Act Sanctions4,257

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

Canada · Global Affairs Canada

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes8,008

Switzerland manages a sanctions lists with a high degree of detail on the individuals that are subject to it's embargoes

Switzerland · State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)18,949

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

United States · Department of the Commerce - International Trade Administration

EU Consolidated Travel Bans3,894

Consolidated information about individuals who have been banned from traveling to the European Union, released as part of the EU Sanctions Map.

European Union · Estonian Presidency of the Council of the EU

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List29,211

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

United States · Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)

Moldovan sanctions for terrorism and proliferation of WMD781

Sanctions on persons and entities involved in terrorist activities and the proliferation of weapons of masss destruction

Moldova · Centrul Antiterorist al Serviciului de Informaţii şi Securitate al Republicii Moldova

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons183,725

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

The record has been enriched with data from the following external databases:

Wikidata226,506

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

External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: zafic-627 · eu-fsf-eu-3918-85 · eu-tb-logical-3806 · md-terr-13fbc2e40c3b1fb03411936c077e39ffe8e7c211 · ofac-10481 · zafic-2055 · qa-nctc-110408-qasem-soleimani · ua-nsdc-27309-kasem-solejmani · ru-wmd-81-iri-039 · ca-sema-2-89-ir-qasem-soleimani · gb-hmt-9062 · unsc-110408 · ch-seco-8829 · NK-En2JjUdhGsiYgajWZ3DEJr · NK-gojC5nvVKWpGwoESJdWKXv · ua-sfms-906 · fr-ga-1177 · ch-seco-8833 · ja-mof-10d410114c23ee12a8617decd4849ebcaf4dcea9 · zafic-630-qasem-soleimani · ch-seco-11795

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