Info:
Gok has used his other Türkiye-based company, Mahmut Gok Skies Petroleum Dis Ticaret (Skies Petroleum), to conduct shipments destined for Iran.
Türkiye-based Mahmut Gok (Gok) is the managing director of Gokler and has personally conducted procurements of artificial graphite destined for Iran on behalf of the company.
Türkiye-based company Gokler Dis Ticaret Limited Sirketi (Gokler) has facilitated procurements of carbon fiber and solvents used in the production of carbon fiber for Iran’s MODAFL and its subsidiaries.
Gok has used his other Türkiye-based company, Mahmut Gok Skies Petroleum Dis Ticaret (Skies Petroleum), to conduct shipments destined for Iran. Gok is the President of the Executive Board for Türkiye-based DM Gold Kiymetli Madenler Anonim Sirketi (DM Gold) and has used DM Gold as a front company for illicit Iranian procurement efforts. Gok also recently established Türkiye-based Klas Kimyasal Urunler Ticaret Limited Sirketi (Klas Kimyasal) as an additional front company for procurements likely for Iranian end-users.
Gokler is 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, MODAFL, a person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to E.O. 13382. Gok is being designated pursuant to E.O. 13382 for acting or purporting to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Gokler, a person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to E.O. 13382. Skies Petroleum, DM Gold, and Klas Kimyasal are being designated pursuant to E.O. 13382 for being owned or controlled by, or acting or purporting to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Gok, a person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to E.O. 13382.
These networks have procured carbon fiber, epoxy resins, and other missile-applicable goods for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force Self Sufficiency Jihad Organization (IRGC ASF SSJO), Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL), other U.S.-designated entities in Iran’s defense industrial base, and Iran Centrifuge Technology Company (TESA), which is linked to the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI).
“Through complex covert procurement networks, Iran seeks to supply rogue actors around the world with weapons systems that fuel conflict and risk countless civilian lives,” said Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Brian E. Nelson. “The United States will continue to use our tools to disrupt these networks and hold accountable those countries that would help proliferate Iran’s drones and missiles.”
Also Known As:
Mahmut Gok Skies Petroleum Dis Ticaret
DOB:
29 Jan 2019
Country:
Turkey
Address:
Esentepe MH. Keskin, Kalem SK., No: 17/2, Sisli, Istanbul, Turkey
Chamber of Commerce Number:
1167239 (Turkey)
Registration Number:
177454-5 (Turkey)