Charter of the United Nations Act 1945 Listing Declaration (No. 2) 2017
I, JULIE ISABEL BISHOP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, make this declaration under subsection 15A(2) of the Charter of the United Nations Act 1945.
Dated 26 October 2017
[signed]
JULIE BISHOP
Minister for Foreign Affairs
1 Name of Declaration
This Declaration is the Charter of the United Nations Act 1945 Listing Declaration (No. 2) 2017.
2 Commencement
This Declaration commences upon signature.
3 Persons, entities and assets
For section 15A of the Charter of the United Nations Act 1945 (the Act), I am satisfied on reasonable grounds that the persons specified in Schedule 1 are persons mentioned in paragraph 1(c) of United Nations Security Council resolution 1373 (2001) and declare that each of their listings under section 15 of the Act continues to have effect.
Note 1: Under section 20 of the Charter of the United Nations (Dealing with Assets) Regulations 2008, the Minister must be satisfied that the person or entity is a person or entity mentioned in paragraph 1(c) of Resolution 1373 (2001) of the Security Council of the United Nations.
Note 2: Under section 40 of the Charter of the United Nations (Dealing with Assets) Regulations 2008, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade maintains a list of all persons, entities, assets and classes of assets currently listed under section 15 of the Act, and has published this list on the internet at www.dfat.gov.au/sanctions/consolidated-list.html.
Note 3: Additional information about the listing of persons and entities under section 15 of the Act is set out in Schedule 2.
Schedule 1
The listing of the following persons continues to be necessary to give effect to the decision of the United Nations Security Council in paragraph 1(c) of resolution 1373 (2001):
Primary Name: Manssor Arbabsiar
Aliases: Mansour Arbabsiar
Date of Birth: 15 March 1955 or 6 March 1955
Place of Birth: Iran
Citizenship: United States and Iranian
Address: 805 Cisco Valley CV, Round Rock, TX 78664, United States/ 5403 Everhardt Road, Corpus Christi, TX 78411, United States
Original listing date: First listed by the Minister for Foreign Affairs on 16 November 2011. The Minister for Foreign Affairs declared that the listing would continue in effect on 14 November 2014.
Additional information: Drivers’ License No 07442833 (United States) expired 15 March 2016; Passport C2002515 (Iran); alt Passport 477845448 (United States); Drivers’ License is issued by the State of Texas.
Primary Name: Abdul Reza Shahlai
Aliases: Abdol Reza Shala’I, Abd-al Reza Shalai, Abdorreza Shahlai, Abdolreza Shahla’I, Abdul-Reza Shahlaee, Hajj Yusef, Haji Yusif, Hajji Yasir, Hajji Yusif, Yusuf Abu-al-Karkh, Abdul Reza Shala’I, Abdol Reza Shahlai
Date of Birth: circa 1957
Place of Birth: Iran
Citizenship: Unknown
Address: Mehran Military Base, Ilam Province, Iran/ Kermanshah, Iran.
Original listing date: First listed by the Minister for Foreign Affairs on 16 November 2011. The Minister for Foreign Affairs declared that the listing would continue in effect on 14 November 2014.
Additional information: N/A
Primary Name: Ali Gholam Shakuri
Aliases: Gholam Shakuri
Date of Birth: 1964, 1965 or 1966
Place of Birth: Unknown
Citizenship: Unknown
Address: Tehran, Iran
Original listing date: First listed by the Minister for Foreign Affairs on 16 November 2011. The Minister for Foreign Affairs declared that the listing would continue in effect on 14 November 2014.
Additional information: N/A
The listing of the following persons continues to be necessary to give effect to the decision of the United Nations Security Council in paragraph 1(c) of resolution 1373 (2001):
Primary Name: Hamed Abdollahi
Aliases: Mustafa Abdullahi
Date of Birth: 11 August 1960
Place of Birth: Iran
Citizenship: Iran
Address: Unknown
Original listing date: First listed by the Minister for Foreign Affairs on 16 November 2011. The Minister for Foreign Affairs declared that the listing would continue in effect on 14 November 2014.
Additional information: Passport D9004878.
Primary Name: Qasem Soleimani
Aliases: Ghasem Soleymani, Qasmi Sulayman, Qasem Soleymani, Qasem Solaimani, Qasem Salimani, Qasem Solemani, Qasem Sulemani, Qasem Sulaimani, Qasim Soleimany, Qasem Sulayman
Date of Birth: 11 March 1957
Place of Birth: Qom, Iran
Citizenship: Iran; nationality Iran
Address: Unknown
Original listing date: First listed by the Minister for Foreign Affairs on 16 November 2011. The Minister for Foreign Affairs declared that the listing would continue in effect on 14 November 2014.
Additional information: Diplomatic passport 008827 (Iran) issued 1999.
Schedule 2
Request for statement of reasons
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade will provide a listed person or entity with an unclassified statement of reasons for his, her or its listing on request. Requests may be submitted in writing to:
Director
Sanctions Section
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
John McEwen Crescent
Barton ACT 0221 Australia
or by email to asset.freezing@dfat.gov.au.
Application for revocation of a listing
A listed person or entity may apply to the Minister for Foreign Affairs to have his, her or its listing revoked. The application must be in writing and set out the circumstances relied upon to justify the application. Applications may be submitted to:
The Minister for Foreign Affairs
c/o Director
Sanctions Section
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
John McEwen Crescent
Barton ACT 0221 Australia
or by email to asset.freezing@dfat.gov.au.
Application for sanctions permit to use or deal with frozen assets
The owner or holder of a frozen asset may apply for authorisation to use or deal with the asset in a specified way. The application must be in writing and specify whether the application relates to a basic expense dealing, a contractual dealing or an extraordinary expense dealing as those terms are defined in section 30 of the Charter of the United Nations (Dealing with Assets) Regulations 2008. Applications may be submitted through the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Online Sanctions Administration System at https://sanctions.dfat.gov.au.