Search OpenSanctions

Qasem Soleimani

Military · Politician · Close Associate · Sanctioned entity · Counter-sanctioned entity

Qasem Soleimani is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	GHASEM SOLEYMANI · Ghasem Solejmani · Kasem Soleimani · Kasem Sulejmani · Kasım Süleymani · 40 more...				[sources]
Other name	GHASEM SOLEYMANI · Generalmajor Qassem Soleimani · Generał Cień · Ghasem SOLEYMANI · Ghasem Soleimani · 85 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Haj Qasem · Haji Qassem · Soleimani Sardar				[sources]
Birth date	1957-03-11				[sources]
Place of birth	Qanat-e Malek · Qom, Iran				[sources]
Death date	2020-01-03				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Iran				[sources]
Country	Iran				[sources]
Citizenship	Iran				[sources]
Country of birth	Iran				[sources]
First name	GHASEM · Ghasem · Kasim · QASEM · QASIM · 6 more...				[sources]
ID Number	`8827`				[sources]
Keywords	National government				[sources]
Last name	Haj · Haji · SALIMANI · SOLAIMANI · SOLEIMANI · 11 more...				[sources]
Passport number	`008827` · `: 008827, issued in Iran (Islamic Republic of)`				[sources]
Second name	Haj · Haji				[sources]
Title	Hajji · Major General				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q892014				[sources]
Position	Commander of Quds Force (1998-2020) · commanding officer · général de brigade commandant de la force Qods · бригадний генерал · командувач силами "Кодс				[sources]
Religion	Islam				[sources]
Source link	sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov				[sources]
Last change	2024-11-13	Last processed	2024-11-13	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Promoted to Major General, retaining his position as Commander of Qods force. [Old reference # I.47.D.6]

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2023-04-20

Brigadier General, Commander of Qods force.

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2023-04-20

Director of Uranium Mining Operations at the Saghand Uranium Mine.

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2023-04-20

Commander of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, IRGC-Qods, involved in providing equipment and support to help the Syrian regime suppress protests in Syria.

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2023-04-20

Designation: a) Brigadier General b) Commander of Qods force Other information: Promoted to Major General, retaining his position as Commander of Qods force.

— Israel Prevention of Distribution and Financing of WMDs designations, 2024-10-25

повышен в звании до генерал-майора при сохранении должности командующего силами «Кодс» [прежний идентификационный номер — I.47.D.6]

— 2021-11-21

Iranian military officer (1957–2020)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-01-10

Relationships

Agents
Agent	Role	Start date	End date
Rostam Qasemi	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Ridha Safi Al-Din	relative · son-in-law	-	-
Zeinab Soleimani	child · father	-	-
Narjes Soleimani	child	-	-
Hashem Safieddine	co-father-in-law · relative	-	-

Identifications
Document number	Country	Type	Start date	End date
`008827`	Iran	Diplomatic Passport	1999	-
`008827`	Iran	passport	-	-
`008827`	Iran	passport	-	-

Linked to
Object	Role	Start date	End date
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Qods Force	related-to	-	-
IRGC Qods Force	related-to	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Commander of Quds Force	1998-01-01	2020-01-01

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs	Ordinance of 11 November 2015 on measures against the Islamic Republic of Iran (SR 946.231.143.6), annexes 5-7	2017-09-22	2023-10-19
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs	Ordinance of 8 June 2012 on measures against Syria (SR 946.231.172.7), annex 7	2013-11-06	2020-06-26
TREAS-OFAC	Reciprocal	-	-
Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Treasury and Finance - Financial Crimes Investigation Board	Asset freezes within the scope of Articles 3.A and 3.B of Law No. 7262, aimed at preventing the financing of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.	-	-
TREAS-OFAC	Reciprocal	-	-
TREAS-OFAC	Reciprocal	-	-
TREAS-OFAC	Reciprocal	-	-
National Security and Defense Council	254/2016	2016-06-15	2018-10-18
TREAS-OFAC	Reciprocal	-	-
TREAS-OFAC	Reciprocal	-	-
TREAS-OFAC	Reciprocal	-	-
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs	Ordinance of 11 November 2015 on measures against the Islamic Republic of Iran (SR 946.231.143.6), annexes 5-7	-	2016-01-17
TREAS-OFAC	Reciprocal	-	-
La Principauté de Monaco	-	-	-
Global Affairs Canada	Iran	-	-
Office of Foreign Assets Control	SDN List	-	-
TREAS-OFAC	Reciprocal	-	-
Isreali Ministry of Finance	-	2018-03-12	-

Data sources

Türkiye Asset Freezing Sanctions List (MASAK)2,219

Individuals, entities, and organizations whose assets are frozen by the Republic of Türkiye based on United Nations Security Council resolutions, requests from foreign countries, domestic decisions, and efforts to counter the financing of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

Türkiye · MASAK

Israel Prevention of Distribution and Financing of WMDs designations236

List of entities and individuals subject to sanctions under the Prevention of Distribution and Financing of Weapons of Mass Destruction Law

Israel · Isreali Ministry of Finance

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List32,908

The primary United States' sanctions list, specially designated nationals (SDN) part.

United States · OFAC

Ukraine NSDC State Register of Sanctions17,698

List of individuals and legal entities subject to restrictive measures.

Ukraine · NSDC

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)20,801

The Consolidated Screening List (CSL) is a list of parties for which the United States Government maintains restrictions on certain exports, reexports, or transfers of items.

United States · ITA

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes8,449

Switzerland manages a sanctions lists with a high degree of detail on the individuals that are subject to it's embargoes

Switzerland · SECO

Monaco National Fund Freezing List4,559

A list of entities subject to fund and economic resource freezing procedures

Monaco · Monaco

US SAM Procurement Exclusions120,096

A database of suppliers who have been excluded from participating in US federal procurement.

United States · GSA

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons248,649

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Wikidata · non-official source

Canadian Consolidated Autonomous Sanctions List4,410

Sanctions imposed by Canada on specific countries, organizations, or individuals under the Special Economic Measures Act (SEMA) and JVCFOA

Canada · Global Affairs Canada

External databases

The record has been enriched with data from the following external databases:

Wikidata377,203

Wikidata is the structured data project of the Wikipedia community, providing fact-based information edited by humans and machines

External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: ua-nsdc-27309-kasem-solejmani · usgsa-s4mr3qsyl · ofac-10481 · ch-seco-8829 · NK-En2JjUdhGsiYgajWZ3DEJr · zafic-630-qasem-soleimani · usgsa-s4mr3qsyf · qa-nctc-110408-qasem-soleimani · mc-freezes-6a532283447a3ca2cb7363a728a8227ae0814eb4 · ca-sema-2-89-ir-qasem-soleimani · zafic-627 · usgsa-s4mr3qsyh · usgsa-s4mr3ptd1 · usgsa-s4mr3ptd0 · il-wmd-9a3d2dcd6331e1b5773f884f8cbba2089cbd1bb1 · ca-sema-7ba274ab93731f122b1598344080e20f79d4603d · eu-tb-logical-3806 · eu-fsf-eu-3918-85 · NK-gojC5nvVKWpGwoESJdWKXv · gb-hmt-9062 · zafic-2055 · ua-sfms-906 · ru-wmd-81-iri-039 · usgsa-s4mr3r0yc · ch-seco-8833 · usgsa-s4mr3qsyg · tr-fcib-01abd83799ae2e3ff90c8dae47d3bfa0fc06e105 · md-terr-13fbc2e40c3b1fb03411936c077e39ffe8e7c211 · md-terr-29a6a1be92e83b72092c3607bb820a003698a107 · unsc-110408 · usgsa-s4mr3ptcz · ja-mof-10d410114c23ee12a8617decd4849ebcaf4dcea9 · ch-seco-11795 · usgsa-s4mr3ptcy · ca-sema-1-part-2-89-ir-qasem-soleimani · fr-ga-1177

For experts: raw data explorer

Factsheet Descriptions Data sources

OpenSanctions is free for non-commercial users. Businesses must acquire a data license to use the dataset.

Use the API License in bulk