This news release is issued to publicise the delisting of three entries under the Syria regime and one entry under the Syria regime and Iran (Nuclear) regime. These entries remain subject to an asset freeze under alternative regimes, further details of which can be found below.
The Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, The Iran (Sanctions) (Nuclear) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, The Iran (Sanctions) Regulations 2023 and The Chemical Weapons (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 have effect in the Isle of Man by the Sanctions (Implementation of UK Sanctions) Regulations 2024 ('the Regulations'), which are made under the Sanctions Act 2024.
Types of sanctions applicable under these regimes:
- Asset freeze
- Investment, financial services and financial markets
- Trade
- Immigration
- Aircraft
On 17 December 2025 the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office updated the UK Sanctions List. This list provides details of those designated under sanctions legislation.
Amendments
The following designations are being amended to remove duplicate designations and will remain listed within one of the following regimes: the Iran regime, the Iran Nuclear regime, or the Chemical Weapons regime. These entries are still subject to an asset freeze, details of which can be found below.
Deleted information appears in [square brackets]. Additional information appears in italics.
Entities
- ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS (IRGC) QODS FORCE
Name (non-Latin script): قدس سپاه
a.k.a: (1) Al Qods (2) IRGC QF (3) IRGC-QF (4) Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps - Qods Force (5) Jerusalem force (6) Pasdaran (7) Pasdaran-e Enghelab-e Islami (8) Quds Force (9) Sepah-e Qods Address: Tehran, Iran. Other Information: (UK Sanctions List Ref): INU0082 [and SYR0310. Listed under the Iran (Nuclear) and Syria sanctions regimes.] Names of Director: Qasem Soleimani (designated 23 June 2011). Ultimate beneficial owner: Iranian Advisory Mission to Syria. (UK Statement of Reasons): [There are reasonable grounds to suspect that they are an involved person under the Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 because they are or have been involved in activities carried out on behalf of the Assad regime, implementing or connected to the repressive police of that regime and/or involved in supporting or benefitting from the Assad regime.] Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Qods Force is responsible for operations outside Iran and is Tehran’s principal foreign policy tool for special operations and support to terrorists and Islamic militants abroad. Hizballah used Qods Force-supplied rockets, anti-ship cruise missiles (ASCMs), man-portable air defense systems (MANPADS), and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the 2006 conflict with Israel and benefited from Qods Force training on these systems, according to press reporting. According to a variety of reporting, the Qods Force continues to re-supply and train Hizballah on advanced weaponry, anti-aircraft missiles, and long-range rockets. The Qods Force continues to provide limited lethal support, training, and funding to Taliban fighters in southern and western Afghanistan including small arms, ammunition, mortars, and short-range battlefield rockets. Controlled by the IRGC. (Type of entity): Military (Subsidiaries): IRGC (Parent company): Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Listed on: [24/08/2011] 27/07/2010 UK Sanctions List Date Designated: 31/12/2020 Last Updated: [25/04/2025] 17/12/2025 Group ID: 11241
Please note: this entry remains subject to sanctions under the Iran (Nuclear) sanctions regime - SCIENTIFIC STUDIES AND RESEARCH CENTRE (SSRC)
a.k.a: (1) Center for Scientific Studies and Research (SSRC) (2) Center for Study and Research (CERS) (3) Centre de Recherche de Kaboun (4) Centre d'Etude et de Recherche Scientifique (CERS) (5) Scientific Research Council (SRC) (6) Scientific Studies and Research Council (7) Syrian Scientific Research Council (SSRC) Address: (1) P.O. Box 31983, Barzeh. (2) Barzeh Street, PO Box 4470, Damascus, Syria. Other Information: (UK Sanctions List Ref): CHW0006 [and SYR0286. Listed under the Chemical Weapons and Syria sanctions regimes.] (UK Statement of Reasons): [There are reasonable grounds to suspect that they are an involved person under the Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 because they are or have been involved in activities carried out on behalf of the Assad regime, implementing, or connected to the repressive policies of that regime. In particular, carrying on prohibited activities related to chemical weapons in Syria.] The Scientific Studies and Research Center (SSRC) is the Syrian regime’s principal entity for the development of chemical weapons. The SSRC is responsible for the development and production of chemical weapons, as well as the missiles and artillery to deliver them, operating at a number of sites in Syria. (Phone number): Telephone: 6668114/5 Telefax: 6620317 (Type of entity): Investment. Private (Subsidiaries): Bena Properties (subsidiary), Cham Holding Building, Daraa Highway, Ashrafiyat Sahnaya Rif Dimashq, Syria, P.O. Box 9525. Higher Institute for Applied Sciences and Technology. HISAT. National Standards & Calibration Laboratory. NSCL Listed on: 21/01/2019 UK Sanctions List Date Designated: 31/12/2020 Last Updated: [25/04/2025] 17/12/2025 Group ID: 12426
Please note: this entry remains subject to sanctions under the Chemical Weapons sanctions regime
Individuals
- JAFARI, Mohammad Ali
Name (non-Latin script): محمدعلی جعفری
DOB: 01/09/1957. POB: Yazd, Iran a.k.a: (1) JAAFARI, Ali (2) JAAFARI, Aziz (3) JAAFARI, Mohamed (4) JAAFARI, Mohamed-Ali (5) JAAFARI, Mohammad-Ali (6) JAAFARI, Mohammed (7) JAAFARI, Mohammed-Ali (8) JAAFARI, Muhammad (9) JAAFARI, Muhammad-Ali (10) JAFARI, Ali (11) JA'FARI, Ali (12) JA'FARI, Aziz (13) JAFARI, Aziz (non-Latin script: )14) (ی جعفر محمدعلی JAFARI, Mohamed (15) JA'FARI, Mohamed (16) JAFARI, Mohamed-Ali (17) JA'FARI, Mohamed-Ali (18) JAFARI, Mohammad-Ali (19) JA'FARI, Mohammad-Ali (20) JAFARI, Mohammed (21) JA'FARI, Mohammed (22) JAFARI, Mohammed-Ali (23) JA'FARI, Mohammed-Ali (24) JAFARI, Muhammad (25) JA'FARI, Muhammad (26) JAFARI, Muhammad-Ali (27) JA'FARI, Muhammad-Ali (28) JAFARI-NAJA-FABADI, Ali (29) JAFARI-NAJA-FABADI, Aziz (30) JAFARI-NAJA-FABADI, Mohamed (31) JAFARI-NAJA-FABADI, Mohamed-Ali (32) JAFARI-NAJA-FABADI, Mohammad-Ali (33) JAFARI-NAJA-FABADI, Mohammed (34) JAFARI-NAJA-FABADI, Mohammed-Ali (35) JAFARI-NAJA-FABADI, Muhammad (36) JAFARI-NAJA-FABADI, Muhammad-Ali Nationality: Iran Position: Former General Commander of Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Other Information: (UK Sanctions List Ref): IRN0058. (UK Statement of Reasons): [There are reasonable grounds to suspect that they are an involved person under the Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 because they are or have been involved in activities carried out on behalf of the Assad regime, implementing or connected to the repressive police of that regime and/or involved in supporting or benefitting from the Assad regime.] Former General Commander of the IRGC. IRGC and the Sarollah Base commanded by General Aziz Jafari has played a key role in illegally interfering with the 2009 Presidential Elections, arresting and detaining political activists, as well as clashing with protestors in the streets. (Gender): Male Listed on: 14/04/2011 UK Sanctions List Date Designated: 31/12/2020 Last Updated: [25/04/2025] 17/12/2025 Group ID: 10638
Please note: this entry remains subject to sanctions under the Iran sanctions regime
- TAEB, Hossein
DOB: --/--/1963. POB: Tehran, Iran Position: (1) Former Commander of the Basij until October 2009 (2) Former Deputy IRGC commander for intelligence (3) Head of IRGC Intelligence Other Information: (UK Sanctions List Ref): IRN0039. (UK Statement of Reasons): [There are reasonable grounds to suspect that they are an involved person under the Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 because they are or have been involved in activities carried out on behalf of the Assad regime, implementing or connected to the repressive police of that regime and/or involved in supporting or benefitting from the Assad regime.] Head of IRGC Intelligence since October 2009. Commander of the Basij until October 2009. Forces under his command participated in mass beatings, murders, detentions and tortures of peaceful protestors. (Gender): Male Listed on: [24/06/2011] 14/04/2011 UK Sanctions List Date Designated: 31/12/2020 Last Updated: [25/04/2025] 17/12/2025 Group ID: 11788
Please note: this entry remains subject to sanctions under the Iran sanctions regime
What you must do in relation to amendments
If, through your sanctions compliance programme, you identify a possible match to a person or entity included in the Sanctions Lists, and you hold or otherwise deal with funds or economic resources of that person -
- You must immediately freeze any assets you hold or otherwise deal with belonging to that person (assets includes funds and economic resources, owned directly or indirectly by that person)
- You must review the information you hold for that person against the Sanctions Lists to establish whether you have a true match or a 'false positive' (see section 8 of the Financial Sanctions General Guidance)
- Where a true match is confirmed, do not deal with those assets or make them available to, or for the benefit of the designated person unless:
- You have a legal exemption
- You have a licence
- You must report the frozen assets to the FIU.
If you have a suspicion or knowledge that there has been a breach of sanctions law, or any attempted transactions that you have blocked, report your suspicions to the FIU.
Failure to comply with financial and trade sanctions legislation or to attempting to circumvent its provisions is a criminal offence.
Where a relevant institution has already reported details of accounts, other funds or economic resources held frozen for the designated person, you are not required to report these details again.
Further Information
Contact details for enquiries
If you require any further information or guidance, please contact the Sanctions Team on:
Telephone: +44 1624 648109
Email: sanctions@gov.im
Please note: We are unable to provide legal advice. You may need to seek independent legal advice.
