OFAC designated three Iran‑based persons for procuring missile-related chemicals for Parchin Chemical Industries (PCI), including Mostafa Rostami Sani and associated companies.

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OFAC has designated the three named Iran-based persons and associated entities for procurement activity supporting PCI and added them to U.S. sanctions lists.

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control designated 10 individuals and entities in Venezuela and Iran for facilitating Iran’s transfer of UAVs and related weapons technologies to Venezuela, and for procurement efforts supporting Iran’s ballistic missile program. Key targets include Venezuela-based Empresa Aeronautica Nacional SA (EANSA) and its chair Jose Jesus Urdaneta Gonzalez for assembling and acquiring Iranian Mohajer-series UAVs (rebranded ANSU-series), Iran-based procurement facilitators for Parchin Chemical Industries, and components firms and executives tied to the Rayan Fan Group. The designations, made under Executive Orders 13382 and 13949 and tied to U.S. national security directives, block U.S. property of designated parties and expose violators and facilitating financial institutions to sanctions.

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The U.S. Treasury’s December 30, 2025 press release states that OFAC is “designating three Iran-based persons in connection with efforts to procure chemicals used for ballistic missiles…for Parchin Chemical Industries (PCI)” and then identifies them as Iran-based individual Mostafa Rostami Sani, his Iran-based company Pardisan Rezvan Shargh International Private Joint Stock Company, and its managing director Reza Zarepour Taraghi. The same section explains that these designations relate to procurement of sodium perchlorate, sebacic acid, and nitrocellulose for PCI, part of Iran’s Defense Industries Organization. Independent reporting by UPI confirms that OFAC sanctioned Mostafa Rostami Sani, Pardisan Rezvan Shargh, and Reza Zarepour Taraghi for efforts to obtain chemicals used to manufacture ballistic missile propellants, in connection with PCI. Verdict: True — OFAC did designate three Iran-based persons, including Mostafa Rostami Sani and his associated Iran-based company, for procuring missile-related chemicals for Parchin Chemical Industries, matching the claim.

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Update · Jan 01, 2026, 12:49 PMTrue
The U.S. Treasury’s December 30, 2025 press release states that OFAC is “designating three Iran-based persons in connection with efforts to procure chemicals used for ballistic missiles…for Parchin Chemical Industries (PCI)” and then identifies them as Iran-based individual Mostafa Rostami Sani, his Iran-based company Pardisan Rezvan Shargh International Private Joint Stock Company, and its managing director Reza Zarepour Taraghi. The same section explains that these designations relate to procurement of sodium perchlorate, sebacic acid, and nitrocellulose for PCI, part of Iran’s Defense Industries Organization. Independent reporting by UPI confirms that OFAC sanctioned Mostafa Rostami Sani, Pardisan Rezvan Shargh, and Reza Zarepour Taraghi for efforts to obtain chemicals used to manufacture ballistic missile propellants, in connection with PCI. Verdict: True — OFAC did designate three Iran-based persons, including Mostafa Rostami Sani and his associated Iran-based company, for procuring missile-related chemicals for Parchin Chemical Industries, matching the claim.
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