COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2026/775 of 30 March 2026 implementing Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 concerning restrictive measures against Iran ANNEX

Article 1

Annex IX to Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 30 March 2026.

For the Council

The President

M. PANAYIOTOU

(1)

OJ L 88, 24.3.2012, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2012/267/oj.

ANNEX

Annex IX to Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 is amended as follows:

(1)

under the heading ‘I. Persons and entities involved in nuclear or ballistic missile activities and persons and entities providing support to the Government of Iran.’, subheading ‘A. Persons’, the following entries are deleted:

Dr Hoseyn (Hossein) FAQIHIAN

Said Esmail KHALILIPOUR

Behzad SOLTANI;

(2)

under the heading ‘I. Persons and entities involved in nuclear or ballistic missile activities and persons and entities providing support to the Government of Iran.’, subheading ‘A. Persons’, entry 7 is replaced by the following:

Name

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

‘7.

Ali Reza KHANCHI

Address of NRC: AEOI-NRC P.O. Box: 11365-8486 Tehran/Iran;

Fax: (+9821) 8021412

Gender: male

Ali Reza Khanchi is a nuclear scientist affiliated with the Iranian Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute (NSTRI).

NSTRI is an EU-listed research body which is affiliated on an official level with the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI).

Ali Reza Khanchi is therefore engaged in and providing support to Iran’s nuclear proliferation activities.

29.9.2025

(23.4.2007, suspended since 16.1.2016)’;

(3)

under the heading ‘I. Persons and entities involved in nuclear or ballistic missile activities and persons and entities providing support to the Government of Iran.’, subheading ‘B. Entities’, the following entries are deleted:

5.(b)

Assa Corporation

5.(c)

Assa Company Ltd;

(4)

under the heading ‘I. Persons and entities involved in nuclear or ballistic missile activities and persons and entities providing support to the Government of Iran.’, subheading ‘B. Entities’, entries 46 and 104 are replaced by the following corresponding entries:

Name

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

‘46.

EMKA Company

Address: P.O. Box 14155-1339, Tehran, Iran

EMKA Company is active in Iran’s nuclear industry. EMKA Company is a subsidiary of TAMAS Company which is a specialised company for the production of raw materials and nuclear fuel in Iran. EMKA Company is specifically responsible for exploration, mining, and mineral processing operations within the nuclear fuel cycle.

In addition, in 2023, EMKA signed a cooperation agreement with, among others, the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI), to construct an accelerator.

Therefore, EMKA Company is engaged in and providing support for Iran’s nuclear-proliferation activities.

29.9.2025

(23.5.2011, suspended since 16.1.2016)

Central Bank of Iran

(a.k.a. Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran, a.k.a. Bank Markazi Jomhouri Islami Iran)

Address: 213 Ferdowsi Avenue, 11365 Tehran, Iran; Mirdamad Blvd, 144 – P.O. Box 15875/7/77, Tehran, Iran; PO Box 15875/7177, 144 Mirdamad Blvd, Tehran, Iran