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Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics (Iran)

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 2007
  • European UnionOn the list; file date 2008
  • 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.

Listing Timeline

Listing timeline for Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics (Iran) Earliest dated act and later amendments carried in each list file, 2005 to 2026. The table below gives every dated event. 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 US (OFAC) 25 Oct 2007 EU 24 Jun 2008 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.

    The list at source
  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 MINISTRY OF DEFENSE AND ARMED FORCES LOGISTICS (entry 10392). OFAC entry created 25 Oct 2007.

    Program as written on the list: “SDGT; NPWMD; IFSR; IRAN-CON-ARMS-EO; RUSSIA-EO14024”

    Official list entryOfficial notice

    U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control, "MINISTRY OF DEFENSE AND ARMED FORCES LOGISTICS," U.S. OFAC SDN List, entry 10392, accessed 18 Oct 2026.

  3. EU Consolidated Financial Sanctions ListAs of 15 Oct 2026

    On the list

    The Council of the European Union lists MODAFL (entry EU.2091.70).

    Program as written on the list: “IRN”

    Official list entry

    Council of the European Union, "MODAFL," EU Consolidated Financial Sanctions List, EU.2091.70, file of 15 Oct 2026.

  4. UK Sanctions ListAs of 16 Oct 2026

    On the list

    The UK government lists Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics (entry INU0039). 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: “Responsible for Iran’s defence research, development and manufacturing programmes, including support to missile and nuclear programmes.”

    Official list entry

    UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, "Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics," UK Sanctions List, INU0039, 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.

    The list at source

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
25 Oct 2007US SDNOFAC entry createdOFAC SDN entry
24 Jun 2008EUEU act amending the entry2008/475/EC (OJ L163)
24 May 2011EUEU act amending the entry503/2011 (OJ L136)
31 Dec 2020UKUK designationUK Sanctions List INU0039
29 Jul 2024EUEU act amending the entry2024/2074 (OJ L29072024)
9 Apr 2025UKUK entry last updatedUK Sanctions List INU0039

Names as Listed

  • MINISTRY OF DEFENSE AND ARMED FORCES LOGISTICS
  • MINISTRY OF DEFENSE AND SUPPORT FOR ARMED FORCES LOGISTICS
  • MODAFL
  • MODSAF
  • MINISTRY OF DEFENSE FOR ARMED FORCES LOGISTICS
  • MINISTRY OF DEFENSE ARMED FORCES LOGISTICS
  • VEZARAT-E DEFA VA POSHTYBANI-E NIRU-HAYE MOSALLAH
  • MINISTRY OF DEFENCE & ARMED FORCES LOGISTICS
  • GOVERNMENT OF IRAN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
  • VEZARATE DEFA
  • Ministry Of Defense And Support For Armed Forces Logistics
  • Ministry Of Defense For Armed Forces Logistics
  • Aizsardzības un bruņoto spēku loģistikas atbalsta ministrija
  • Gynybos ir ginkluotųjų pajėgtų logistinės paramos ministerija
  • Gynybos ministerija ginkluotųjų pajėgų logistikai
  • Ministerio de Defensa para la Logística de las Fuerzas Armadas
  • Ministerio de Defensa y Logística de las Fuerzas Armadas
  • Ministerium für Verteidigung und Logistik der Streitkräfte
  • Ministerium für Verteidigung und Unterstützung für die Logistik der Streitkräfte
  • Ministero della difesa e del supporto logistico delle forze armate
  • Ministerstvo obrany a logistiky ozbrojených síl
  • Ministerstvo obrany a podpory pre logistiku ozbrojených síl
  • Ministerstvo obrany a podpory pro logistiku ozbrojených sil
  • Ministrstvo za obrambo in podporo logistiki oboroženih sil
  • Ministère de la défense et du soutien logistique aux forces armées
  • Ministério da Defesa e Apoio à Logística das Forças Armadas
  • Ministério da Defesa para a Logística das Forças Armadas
  • ministère de la défense pour la logistique des forces armées
  • Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics
  • Ministry of Defense and Support for Armed Forces Logistics
  • وزارت دفاع و پشتیبانی نیروهای مسلح

Identifiers

EU:5288, UK:INU0039, US:10392

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).