Connected entities with Ministry of Intelligence and Security – networks
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| Logo / Image | Name | Status | Activities | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Ali Kocak | Top Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violation | Ali Kocak, Abdulvahap Kocak’s brother and an associate of Zindashti’s network who is now based in Iran, conducted surveillance on the targets prior to the murder | Turkey |
| | Muhammad Reza Naserzadeh | Top Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violation | Muhammad Reza Naserzadeh, a staff member of the Iranian Consulate in Istanbul involved in the assassination plot, forged documents for Esfanjani to help him escape to Iran following the assassination | Iran |
| | Abdulvahap Kocak | Top Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violation | Abdulvahap Kocak, served as a hitman who has been implicated in multiple assassinations ordered by Zindashti, including the killing of a rival drug trafficker’s attorney in Istanbul in 2017 | Turkey |
| | Ali Esfanjani | Top Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violation | As part of the MOIS plot, Ali Esfanjani (Esfanjani) befriended Vardanjani, fed the MOIS information about him, and ultimately led him to the location where he was assassinated by Abdulvahap Kocak | Iran |
 | Adam Richard Pearson | Top Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violation | Adam Richard Pearson was recruited by Damion Patrick John Ryan to assassinate individuals in the United States who fled Iran | Canada |
| | Shahram Ali Reza Tamarzadeh Zavieh Jakki | Top Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violation | Shahram Ali Reza Tamarzadeh Zavieh Jakki is Zindashti’s brother-in-law living in Iran and is active in the Zindashti criminal network. Jakki has aided Zindashti by coordinating with Zindashti’s MOIS handler on operational logistics and finances | Iran |
| | Ekrem Abdulkerym Oztunc | Top Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violation | Ekrem Abdulkerym Oztunc, Zindashti’s nephew, is also a close associate and key lieutenant in Zindashti’s network residing in Iran | Turkey |
| | Nihat Abdul Kadir Asan | Top Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violation | Nihat Abdul Kadir Asan has played a pivotal role in logistical planning for many of the network’s operations, including the network’s plot to assassinate individuals in the United States | Iran |
 | Reza Hamidiravari | Top Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violation | Reza Hamidiravari, an MOIS officer, oversees Zindashti’s MOIS-directed operations | Iran |
 | Naji Ibrahim Sharifi-Zindashti | Top Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violation | Iranian narcotics trafficker Naji Ibrahim Sharifi-Zindashti operates at the behest of Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS). | Iran |
 | Majid Dastjani Farahani | Top Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violation | Majid Dastjani Farahani have recruited individuals for various operations in the United States, to include lethal targeting of current and former U.S. Government officials as revenge for the death of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force Commander Qasem Soleimani | Iran |
 | Mohammad Mahdi Khanpour Ardestani | Top Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violation | Ardestani have recruited individuals for various operations in the United States, to include lethal targeting of current and former U.S. Government officials as revenge for the death of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force Commander Qasem Soleimani | Iran |
 | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad | Top Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violation | OFAC designated Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the former president of Iran, for having provided material support to the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) | Iran |
 | Intelligence Organization of the IRGC | Top Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violation | Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is an Iranian intelligence agency within the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and part of Council for Intelligence Coordination | Iran |
 | Sahab Pardaz | Top Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violation | Iranian company Samane Gostar Sahab Pardaz Private Limited Company (Sahab Pardaz) is one of the main operators of social media filtering services in Iran. | Iran |
 | Farzin Karimi | Top Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violation | MOIS member, Farzin Karimi (Karimi) co-founded the Ravin Academy together with Seyed Mojtaba Mostafavi | Iran |
| | Seyed Mojtaba Mostafavi | Top Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violation | Seyed Mojtaba Mostafavi, a member of Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS), was directed by the MOIS to train and recruit hackers | Iran |
 | Ravin Academy | Top Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violation | The Ravin Academy is a school that trains individuals in cyber security and hacking, and recruits from among these trainees for the MOIS | Iran |
| | Naser Rashedi | Top Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violation | Naser Rashedi serves as the Deputy Minister for Intelligence in the Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) | Iran |
 | Mansour Ahmadi | Top Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violation | The IRGC-affiliated employee Mansour Ahmadi is responsible for or complicit in, or have engaged in, directly or indirectly, global targeting of various networks, including critical infrastructure, by exploiting well-known vulnerabilities to gain initial access in furtherance of malicious activities, including ransom operations. | Iran |
 | Mola al-Movahedin Charity | High Alert - Entity affiliated with Designated / Sanctioned / Illicit entities | Mola al-Movahedin Charity is owned or controlled by the terrorist organization IRGC. This charitable organization, or bonyad, forms the heart of the Quds Force’s domestic economic activities | Iran |
 | Khalid Mehdiyev | Top Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violation | Khalid Mehdiyev was part of a plot to assassinate Masih Alinejad | United States |
 | Abr Arvan | Top Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violation | Abr Arvan was founded with the help of a 400 million tomans fund provided by FANAP holding (Pasargad Arian Communication and Information Technology Co). It is this distribution network that enables censorship | Iran |
 | Brigadier General Majid Khademi | Top Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violation | Iran’s Leader Ayatollah Seyyaed Ali Khamenei has issued an order, appointing Brigadier General Majid Khademi as the head of the Intelligence Protection Organization of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps | Iran |
 | Kazem Darabi | Top Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violation | Kazem Darabi is an Iranian intelligence service employee who was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Berlin Supreme Court for murdering four Kurdish dissidents in Berlin in 1992 | Iran |
 | Milad Darou Noor | High Alert - Entity affiliated with Designated / Sanctioned / Illicit entities | Milad Darou Noor is controlled by individuals who belong to SPND and/or to the IRGC. Milad Darou Noor is a commercial spin-off from efforts by Iran’s Ministry of Defense to manufacture defensive equipment | Iran |
 | Stem Cell Technology Company | High Alert - Entity affiliated with Designated / Sanctioned / Illicit entities | The Stem Cell Technology Research Center (STRC) is actually a front for Iran’s military and IRGC. It’s owned and run by officials from Iran’s military industries | Iran |
 | Esmail Khatib | Top Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violation | Minister of Intelligence and Security - Cleric Esmail Khatib, worked at the IRGC’s Intelligence and Operations organization in the year 1980 | Iran |
 | Niloufar Bahadorifar | Top Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violation | Niloufar Bahadorifar, also known as Nellie, was arrested July 1 in California on charges that she provided financial and other services to Iranian residents and entities in violation of sanctions against Iran, according to the Justice Department | United States |
 | Omid Noori | Top Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violation | Omid Noori is an Iranian intelligence asset who reside in Iran and work under Farahani. Farahani is an Iranian intelligence official who resides in Iran | Iran |
 | Kiya Sadeghi | Top Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violation | Sadeghi is Iranian intelligence assets who reside in Iran and work under Farahani. Farahani is an Iranian intelligence official who resides in Iran. Since at least June 2020, Farahani and his intelligence network have plotted to kidnap a U.S. citizen of Iranian origin Masih Alinejad | Iran |
 | Mahmoud Khazein | Top Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violation | Mahmoud Khazein is Iranian intelligence assets who reside in Iran and work under Farahani. Farahani is an Iranian intelligence official who resides in Iran | Iran |
 | Alireza Shavaroghi Farahani | Top Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violation | Farahani is an Iranian intelligence official who resides in Iran. Since at least June 2020, Farahani and his intelligence network have plotted to kidnap a U.S. citizen of Iranian origin | Iran |
 | Mohamed Ali Hosseini Moddati | High Alert - Entity affiliated with Designated / Sanctioned / Illicit entities | Mohamed Ali Hosseini Moddati, a Lebanese cleric, has recently reinitiated his activities as an agent of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Quds Force, Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) and the Lebanese Hezbollah. | Lebanon |
 | Ali Larijani | High Alert - Entity affiliated with Designated / Sanctioned / Illicit entities | Ali Larijani belongs to the faction, aligned with the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Ali Larijani was an IRGC Brig. Gen. and played a major role in the eight-year Iran-Iraq war. | Iran |