Iran-related and Counter Terrorism Designations; Issuance of Iran-related General License

Treasury Press Release: Treasury Targets Key Supreme Leader Financier and Iran’s Shadow Exchange Houses

State Press Release: U.S. Squeezes Iran’s Regime Financiers and Shadow Banking Networks

Additions:

The following individuals have been added to OFAC’s SDN List:

OFAC Program: IRAN-EO13902  Executive Order 13902

ABADI, Shokufeh Rostam

• Arabic Name: شکوفه رستم آبادی
• AKA: ROSTAMABADI, Shokoofeh
• Address: Iran
• DOB: 22 May 1956
• Nationality: Iran
• Additional Sanctions Information: Subject to Secondary Sanctions
• Gender: Female
• National ID No.: 0491083157 (Iran)
• Party Type: Individual
• Linked to: Mohammad Darbani and Partners Exchange General Partnership Company

Supplemental Information: Per Treasury’s release, Rostam Abadi serves as chief executive officer of Mohammad Darbani and Partners Exchange General Partnership Company, one of three Iran-based currency exchange houses – family-run “general partnership” companies – that Treasury describes as collectively moving billions of dollars annually on behalf of sanctioned Iranian banks. As of early 2026, the exchange held tens of millions of dollars in foreign currency on behalf of its sanctioned Iranian bank customers.

DARBANI, Mohammad

• Arabic Name: محمد دربانی
• Address: Iran
• DOB: 15 Jul 1946
• Nationality: Iran
• Additional Sanctions Information: Subject to Secondary Sanctions
• Gender: Male
• National ID No.: 0491004435 (Iran)
• Party Type: Individual
• Linked to: Mohammad Darbani and Partners Exchange General Partnership Company

Supplemental Information: Per Treasury’s release, Darbani is chairman of the board of directors of Mohammad Darbani and Partners Exchange General Partnership Company, which has facilitated transactions moving hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign currency on behalf of sanctioned Iranian banks over the last several years.

KHANDAN, Ali Asghar

• Arabic Name: علی اصغر خندان
• Address: Shiraz, Iran
• DOB: 08 Aug 1958
• POB: Estahban, Iran
• Nationality: Iran
• Additional Sanctions Information: Subject to Secondary Sanctions
• Gender: Male
• National ID No.: 2529610525 (Iran)
• Party Type: Individual
• Linked to: Mohsen Khandan and Partners General Partnership Company

Supplemental Information: Per Treasury’s release, Ali Asghar Khandan is the only other partner and a board member of Mohsen Khandan and Partners General Partnership Company, alongside CEO Mohsen Khandan. The exchange has contracted with sanctioned Iranian banks including Parsian Bank, Export Development Bank, Bank Saderat, Bank Sepah, Sina Bank, Karafarin Bank, Saman Bank, and Tejarat Bank, and held over $117 million in foreign currency on behalf of sanctioned Iranian banks.

KHANDAN, Mohsen

• Arabic Name: محسن خندان
• Address: Shiraz, Iran
• DOB: 10 Aug 1985
• Nationality: Iran
• Alt. Nationality: Dominica
• Additional Sanctions Information: Subject to Secondary Sanctions
• Gender: Male
• Passport: R0107863 (Dominica)
• National ID No.: 2529897204 (Iran)
• Party Type: Individual
• Linked to: Mohsen Khandan and Partners General Partnership Company

Supplemental Information: Per Treasury’s release, Khandan is CEO of Mohsen Khandan and Partners General Partnership Company, which held over $117 million in foreign currency on behalf of sanctioned Iranian banks including Parsian Bank, Export Development Bank, Bank Saderat, Bank Sepah, Sina Bank, Karafarin Bank, Saman Bank, and Tejarat Bank.

LAVASANI, Ahmad Navai

• Arabic Name: احمد نوائی لواسانی
• AKA: LAVASANI, Ahmad Navaei
• Address: Iran
• DOB: 27 Jul 1972
• Nationality: Iran
• Additional Sanctions Information: Subject to Secondary Sanctions
• Gender: Male
• National ID No.: 0056443005 (Iran)
• Party Type: Individual
• Linked to: Lavasani and Partners General Partnership Company

Supplemental Information: Per Treasury’s release, Ahmad Navai Lavasani is CEO of Lavasani and Partners General Partnership Company, which has contracted with sanctioned Iranian banks including Bank Melli, Bank Saderat, Sina Bank, Shahr Bank, Eghtesad Novin Bank, Tourism Bank, Bank Pasargad, and Bank Mellat. As of early 2026, the exchange held hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign currency on behalf of its sanctioned Iranian bank customers.

LAVASANI, Amir Navai

• Arabic Name: امیر نوائی لواسانی
• Address: Iran
• DOB: 06 Sep 1970
• POB: Tehran, Iran
• Nationality: Iran
• Additional Sanctions Information: Subject to Secondary Sanctions
• Gender: Male
• Passport: K54424834 (Iran) expires 06 Sep 2026
• National ID No.: 0054082951 (Iran)
• Party Type: Individual
• Linked to: Lavasani and Partners General Partnership Company

Supplemental Information: Per Treasury’s release, Amir Navai Lavasani is chairman of the board of directors of Lavasani and Partners General Partnership Company.

SARSHARI, Zahra

• Arabic Name: زھرا سرشاری
• Address: Iran
• DOB: 22 Dec 1961
• POB: Shiraz, Iran
• Nationality: Iran
• Additional Sanctions Information: Subject to Secondary Sanctions
• Gender: Female
• National ID No.: 2297395132 (Iran)
• Party Type: Individual
• Linked to: Mohammad Darbani and Partners Exchange General Partnership Company

Supplemental Information: Per Treasury’s release, Sarshari is a board member of Mohammad Darbani and Partners Exchange General Partnership Company.

OFAC Programs:

• SDGT  Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 594
• IRGC  Iranian Financial Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR Part 561
• IFSR  Iranian Financial Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 561
• IRAN-EO13876  Executive Order 13876

ANSARI, Ali

• Arabic Name: علی انصاری
• AKA: ANSARI, Ali Ali Akbar
• Address: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
• DOB: 26 Dec 1968
• POB: Ghazvin, Iran
• Nationality: Iran
• Alt. Nationality: Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Alt. Nationality: Cyprus
• Additional Sanctions Information: Subject to Secondary Sanctions
• Gender: Male
• Secondary Sanctions Risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886
• Passport: B65348454 (Iran)
• Alt. Passport: M54968815 (Iran) expires 27 Nov 2026
• Alt. Passport: L00017629 (Cyprus)
• Alt. Passport: RE0036662 (Saint Kitts and Nevis)
• National ID No.: 4320705718 (Iran)
• Party Type: Individual
• Linked to:
  • KHAMENEI, Mojtaba
  • ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS

Supplemental Information: Treasury’s release describes Ansari as a Dubai-based Iranian financial facilitator who oversees a global network of assets benefiting Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei and other regime elites, and identifies him as the former owner and director of the now-defunct Ayandeh Bank, using that position to overextend loans and embezzle from the Iranian people before the Iranian government forced the bank’s dissolution in mid-October 2025. Using shell companies and bank accounts across multiple jurisdictions, Ansari built a portfolio – held through Smart Global Limited – of real estate and commercial holdings in Germany, Luxembourg, Spain, the United Kingdom, Cyprus, and the UAE, among other locations, benefiting Khamenei, his family, and other regime and IRGC figures. Ansari is designated pursuant to E.O. 13876 for materially assisting Khamenei, and pursuant to E.O. 13224, as amended, for acting on behalf of the IRGC. Treasury notes the action follows Iran’s resumption of attacks on international shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.

The following entities have been added to OFAC’s SDN List:

OFAC Program: IRAN-EO13902  Executive Order 13902

CDM TRADING LIMITED

• Address: Rm23, 7/F Lee on Industrial Building No. 70 Hung To Rd, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
• Organization Established Date: 21 Jan 2022
• Company Number: 3123352 (Hong Kong)
• Business Registration Number: 73747617 (Hong Kong)

Supplemental Information: Per Treasury’s release, CDM Trading Limited is a Hong Kong-based front company used to conduct financial transactions by multiple Iranian exchange houses, including Mohsen Khandan and Partners General Partnership Company.

LAVASANI AND PARTNERS GENERAL PARTNERSHIP COMPANY

• Arabic Name: شرکت تضامنی لواسانی و شرکاء
• AKA:
  • LAVASANI AND PARTNERS COMPANY (Arabic: شرکت لواسانی و شرکاء)
  • LAVASANI AND PARTNERS EXCHANGE (Arabic: صرافی لواسانی و شرکاء)
  • SABZEH MEYDAN EXCHANGE
• Address: Ground Floor, Iranian Gold and Coin Shopping Center Building, Number 820, Sabzeh Meydan Square, Bazaar Auction Alley, Bazaar, Tehran, Tehran 1161766113, Iran
• Additional Sanctions Information: Subject to Secondary Sanctions
• Organization Established Date: 31 Aug 2005
• National ID No.: 10102943860 (Iran)
• Registration Number: 253979 (Iran)

Supplemental Information: Per Treasury’s release, this Tehran-based exchange house is controlled by partners Ahmad Navai Lavasani (CEO) and Amir Navai Lavasani (chairman), and has contracted with sanctioned Iranian banks Bank Melli, Bank Saderat, Sina Bank, Shahr Bank, Eghtesad Novin Bank, Tourism Bank, Bank Pasargad, and Bank Mellat. As of early 2026 it held hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign currency on behalf of its sanctioned Iranian bank customers, and it is designated pursuant to E.O. 13902 for operating in the financial sector of the Iranian economy.

MOHAMMAD DARBANI AND PARTNERS EXCHANGE GENERAL PARTNERSHIP COMPANY

• Arabic Name: شرکت تضامنی صرافی محمد دربانی و شرکاء
• AKA: MOHAMMAD DARBANI AND PARTNERS EXCHANGE COMPANY (Arabic: شرکت صرافی محمد دربانی و شرکاء)
• Address: Ground Floor, No. 2, Ziba Dead End, Shahid Baradaran Jozi Street, Ekhtiariyeh Neighborhood, Tehran, Tehran 1951876364, Iran
• Additional Sanctions Information: Subject to Secondary Sanctions
• Organization Established Date: 28 May 2016
• National ID No.: 14005872174 (Iran)
• Registration Number: 492428 (Iran)

Supplemental Information: Per Treasury’s release, this Tehran-based exchange house is controlled by partners Mohammad Darbani (chairman), Shokufeh Rostam Abadi (CEO), and Zahra Sarshari (board member). As of early 2026 it held tens of millions of dollars in foreign currency on behalf of its sanctioned Iranian bank customers and has facilitated transactions moving hundreds of millions of dollars over the last several years; it is designated pursuant to E.O. 13902 for operating in the financial sector of the Iranian economy.

MOHSEN KHANDAN AND PARTNERS GENERAL PARTNERSHIP COMPANY

• Arabic Name: شرکت تضامنی محسن خندان و شرکا
• AKA:
  • KHANDAN EXCHANGE
  • MOHSEN KHANDAN AND PARTNERS COMPANY
• Address: Ground Floor, No. 0, Shahid Rajaee Boulevard (54 Shahid Rajaee), Baharan Alley 8, Moali Abad, Shiraz, Fars 7187611451, Iran
• Additional Sanctions Information: Subject to Secondary Sanctions
• Organization Established Date: 09 Jan 2017
• National ID No.: 14006482791 (Iran)
• Registration Number: 45635 (Iran)

Supplemental Information: Per Treasury’s release, this Shiraz-based exchange house is controlled by partners Mohsen Khandan (CEO) and Ali Asghar Khandan (board member), has contracted with sanctioned Iranian banks Parsian Bank, Export Development Bank, Bank Saderat, Bank Sepah, Sina Bank, Karafarin Bank, Saman Bank, and Tejarat Bank, and holds over $117 million in foreign currency on behalf of sanctioned Iranian banks. Hong Kong-based CDM Trading Limited and UAE-based Naba Alzaki Raw Materials Trading LLC have both been used as front companies by this exchange house, the latter as part of what Treasury describes as Iran’s “rahbar” network.

NABA ALZAKI RAW MATERIALS TRADING LLC

• Address: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
• Organization Established Date: 20 Aug 2024
• Commercial Registry Number: 2369427 (United Arab Emirates)
• License: 1390462 (United Arab Emirates)

Supplemental Information: Per Treasury’s release, this UAE-based company is a front company used by Mohsen Khandan and Partners General Partnership Company as part of Iran’s “rahbar” network.

OFAC Programs:

• SDGT  Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 594
• IRAN-EO13876  Executive Order 13876

SMART GLOBAL LIMITED

• AKA: ZIBA LEISURE LIMITED
• Address: Charlestown, Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Secondary Sanctions Risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886
• Organization Established Date: 20 Oct 2011
• Organization Type: Activities of holding companies
• Registration Number: C39335 (Saint Kitts and Nevis)
• Linked to: ANSARI, Ali

Supplemental Information: Per Treasury’s release, Smart Global Limited is a Saint Kitts and Nevis-based holding company established in 2011 under the former name Ziba Leisure Limited, through which Ansari invested Iranian public funds into real estate and commercial holdings across Germany, Luxembourg, Spain, the United Kingdom, Cyprus, and the UAE. The company is designated pursuant to E.O. 13876 and E.O. 13224, as amended, for being owned or controlled by, or for acting on behalf of, Ali Ansari.