Aban Air

Transports cargo for Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)

Status:Medium Alert – Entities sanctioned in the past for Terror or Illicit activities / WMD related / Human rights violations.

Risk Level:unknown %

Info:
Has provided financial, material, and technological support to Iran Air. Trains and pays the salaries of Iran Air employees. Attempted to acquire aircraft and aircraft parts and transported international freight and cargo for Iran Air. Provided Iran Air pilots with falsified pilot licenses and attempted to register Iran Air aircraft outside of Iran;

Transports cargo for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC);

Held a contract with Mahan Air to carry international freight and cargo;

Shares a Tehran office and company personnel with Everex Global Cargo and Courier (Everex);

International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) airline designation number is reportedly ABE;

Also Known As:
Aban Air CO JPS

Established:
2006

Country:
Iran

Address:
– No.14, Imam Khomeini Airport, Airport Cargo Terminal, Tehran, Iran
– No.1267, Vali Asr Avenue, Tehran 15177 36511, Iran
– Unit 7, Marlin Park, Central Way, Feltham TW14 OXD, United Kingdom
– No 7 & 8, Main Dnata Building, Dubai Airport Free Zone, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Phone:
98 021 8877 3126/7

E-Mail:
info@abanair.com

Web Site:
www.abanair.com

Person of interests:
Ali Mahdavi;
Evangelo Kommatas;
Meinolf Weiden;
Hamid Davarizadeh;
Michael Ashouri;

Articles/Reports:
Iran airports report Revolutionary Guards control of Iranian airports

Reason for the color:
» Targeted by a Temporary Denial Order (TDO), issued by the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) of the U.S. Department of Commerce on April 23, 2012, in connection with the alleged unlawful re-export of Boeing 747 planes in violation of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), forbidding participation for 180 days in export transactions involving items subject to the EAR;
» Removed from the SDN list in January 2016 as part of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action;
» Added on May 23, 2013 to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list maintained by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), pursuant to Executive Order 13382, which targets proliferators of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and their delivery systems(providing financial, material, and technological support to Iran Air. Aban Air pays the salaries of Iran Air employees and provides them with training);