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Bonyad Taavon Sepah (IRGC Cooperative Foundation)

Designation status by government

Listed by the United States, the European Union and the United Kingdom; not on the UN list as of 16 Oct 2026.

  • UN Security CouncilNot on the list as of 16 Oct 2026
  • United StatesOn the list; file date 2010
  • European UnionOn the list; file date 2023
  • United KingdomOn the list; file date 2020

A designation is a government act, not an MEF finding. Each line below quotes the list and links the government’s own notice.

About This Entry

The EU holds two entries for this foundation.

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Listing Timeline

Listing timeline for Bonyad Taavon Sepah (IRGC Cooperative Foundation) Earliest dated act and later amendments carried in each list file, 2010 to 2026. The table below gives every dated event. 2010 2015 2020 2025 US (OFAC) 21 Dec 2010 EU 22 May 2023 UK list 31 Dec 2020
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Status on Each List

  1. UN Security Council Consolidated ListAs of 16 Oct 2026

    Not on UN list as of 16 Oct 2026

    Not on the UN Security Council Consolidated List as of 16 Oct 2026. Checked against this list's names and aliases on 17 Oct 2026; editor review pending.

  2. U.S. OFAC SDN ListAs of 18 Oct 2026

    On the list

    The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) lists BONYAD TAAVON SEPAH (entry 12477). OFAC entry created 21 Dec 2010.

    Program as written on the list: “SDGT; NPWMD; IRGC; IFSR; IRAN-HR”

    U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control, "BONYAD TAAVON SEPAH," U.S. OFAC SDN List, entry 12477, accessed 18 Oct 2026.

  3. EU Consolidated Financial Sanctions ListAs of 15 Oct 2026

    On the list

    The Council of the European Union lists Bonyad Taavon Sepah (entry EU.10118.4).

    Program as written on the list: “IRN”

    Council of the European Union, "Bonyad Taavon Sepah," EU Consolidated Financial Sanctions List, EU.10118.4, file of 15 Oct 2026.

    On the list

    The Council of the European Union lists Bonyad Taavon Sepah (entry EU.2404.10).

    Program as written on the list: “IRN”

    Council of the European Union, "Bonyad Taavon Sepah," EU Consolidated Financial Sanctions List, EU.2404.10, file of 15 Oct 2026.

  4. UK Sanctions ListAs of 16 Oct 2026

    On the list

    The UK government lists Bonyad Taavon Sepah (entry INU0059). UK designation date in the file: 31 Dec 2020, the day the current UK sanctions regulations took effect.

    Program as written on the list: “The Iran (Sanctions) (Nuclear) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019”

    Statement of reasons, quoted from the list: “Bonyad Taavon Sepah, also known as the IRGC Cooperative Foundation, was formed by the commanders of the IRGC to structure the IRGC's investments. It is controlled by the IRGC. Bonyad Taavon Sepah's Board of Trustees is composed of nine members, of whom eight are IRGC members. These officers include the IRGC's Commander in Chief, who is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, the Supreme Leader's representative to the IRGC , the Basij Commander, the IRGC Ground Forces Commander, the IRGC Air Force Commander, the IRGC Navy Commander, the head of the IRGC Information Security Organisation, a senior IRGC officer from the Armed Forces general staff and a senior IRGC officer from MODAFL.”

    UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, "Bonyad Taavon Sepah," UK Sanctions List, INU0059, list of 16 Oct 2026.

  5. U.S. OFAC Non-SDN Consolidated ListAs of 18 Oct 2026

    Not on US non-SDN list as of 18 Oct 2026

    Not on the U.S. OFAC Non-SDN Consolidated List as of 18 Oct 2026. Checked against this list's names and aliases on 17 Oct 2026; editor review pending.

Listing History

Dated events as carried in each list file. OFAC dates are the entry-creation dates in OFAC’s advanced SDN file.
DateListEventAct or source
21 Dec 2010US SDNOFAC entry createdOFAC SDN entry
9 Feb 2011US SDNFederal Register notice naming the entry76 FR 7241
31 Dec 2020UKUK designationUK Sanctions List INU0059
22 May 2023EUEU act amending the entry2023/986 (OJ L134 I)
9 Apr 2025UKUK entry last updatedUK Sanctions List INU0059
28 Jul 2025EUEU act amending the entry2025/1559 (OJ L202501559)

Names as Listed

  • BONYAD TAAVON SEPAH
  • BONYAD-E TA'AVON-E
  • IRGC COOPERATIVE FOUNDATION
  • SEPAH COOPERATIVE FOUNDATION
  • Bonyad Taavon Sepah
  • Bonyad-e Ta’avon-e
  • IRGC Cooperation Bonyad
  • IRGC Cooperative Foundation
  • Sepah Cooperative Foundation
  • Družstevná nadácia IRGC
  • Fondazzjoni Kooperattiva tal-IRGC
  • Fondúireacht Chomharchumann IRGC
  • Fundacija Cooperative Foundation IRGC
  • Fundación Cooperativa del CGRI
  • Fundação Cooperativa do IRGC
  • IRGC koostöö sihtasutus
  • IRGC:n yhteistyösäätiö
  • Nadace „IRGC Cooperative Foundation“
  • den kooperativa stiftelsen för Islamiska revolutionsgardet
  • fondazione cooperativa IRGC
  • Συνεταιριστικό Ίδρυμα του ΣΦΙΕ
  • Кооперативна фондация на Корпуса на гвардейците на ислямската революция
  • بنياد تعاون سياه ياسداران انقلاب اسلا مى
  • Bonyad-e Ta'avon-Sepah
  • Bonyad Taavon
  • Bonyad-e Ta'avon-e Sepah
  • Cooperative Foundation of the Revolutionary Guards
  • بنیاد تعاون سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی‎

Identifiers

EU:153531, EU:6335, UK:INU0059, US:12477

Entries are joined across lists only by a shared UN reference number, IMO number or an editor’s hand-checked crosswalk (this entity is in the crosswalk).