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Ahmad Mohammadi Zadeh

IRGC logistics network operative designated by OFAC on 11 May 2026 under EO 13224 and EO 13886.

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Key Question

Why did OFAC name three individual Iranians alongside nine corporate shells in the same round?

Timeline for Ahmad Mohammadi Zadeh

#9511 May

Added to SDN list under EO 13224 and EO 13886

Iran Conflict 2026: Economic Fury hits four Hong Kong shells
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Common Questions
Who is Ahmad Mohammadi Zadeh?
An Iranian national designated by OFAC on 11 May 2026 as part of Operation Economic Fury for alleged involvement in IRGC oil-smuggling networks.Source: OFAC SDN List
What Iranian individuals were sanctioned by OFAC in May 2026?
Three individuals: Mohammadreza Ashrafi Ghehi, Samad Fathi Salami, and Ahmad Mohammadi Zadeh, designated on 11 May 2026 under Operation Economic Fury.Source: OFAC SDN List
How does the IRGC move oil through shell companies?
OFAC's May 2026 round exposed a network using entities in Dubai, Hong Kong, Sharjah, and Muscat to obscure the origin of Iranian crude and route proceeds to the IRGC.Source: US Treasury / OFAC

Background

Ahmad Mohammadi Zadeh (also recorded in OFAC records as ZADEH Ahmad Mohammedi) is an Iranian national (date of birth 23 September 1961, passport U65222701) designated by the US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control on 11 May 2026 under the Iran sanctions programme.

Mohammadi Zadeh was the oldest of the three Iranian individuals named in OFAC's 11 May Operation Economic Fury SDN round, alongside Mohammadreza Ashrafi Ghehi and Samad Fathi Salami. The designation targets his alleged role in the IRGC's oil-logistics network, which used shell entities in Dubai, Hong Kong, Sharjah, and Muscat to move sanctioned Iranian crude.

As with the co-designated individuals, the OFAC SDN listing is the sole public record; no substantial independent biographical material is available. The three designations together form the individual-accountability layer of a round that also named nine corporate entities.