- Programme
- Iran
- Designated
- Not published by this authority
- Legal basis
- Ordinance of 12 December 2025 on measures against the Islamic Republic of Iran (SR 946.231.143.6), art. 16 (Financial sanctions), art. 26 (Travel ban) and art. 27 (Prohibition to honour certain claims), annex 12
- Stated grounds
- Brigadier-General Ahmad Vahidi has been a prominent member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) since 1979. He was appointed as Deputy Chief for Intelligence in 1981, played a role in organising the Ministry of Intelligence, became the first commander of the IRGC Quds Force in 1988 and was in charge of the IRGC Intelligence Unit. He further set up a number of IRGC garrisons that are responsible for organising terrorist activities. In 1997, he was transferred to the Ministry of Defense. He has been nominated as Defence Minister in 2009 and served in this post until 2013. He is still a high-ranking figure within the IRGC.
- Source
- Switzerland SECO Sanctions List
- Last confirmed
- 19 Oct 2026