EU consolidated financial sanctions list
Aryan Bank
- Name
- Aryan Bank · Arian Bank
- EU reference
- EU.13720.96
- UN reference
- not on file
- Type
- enterprise
- Programme
- IRN
- Regulation
- 2025/1980 (OJ L202501980)
- Published
- 2025-09-29
- In force
- 2025-09-29
- Designated
- 2025-09-29
- Function
- Arian Bank is an Afghan joint-venture between Bank Melli and Bank Saderat. Bank Melli is Iran’s largest bank, owned and controlled by the Government of Iran and providing services to the Ministry of Defense (MODAFL).\n\nBank Saderat is one of Iran’s largest banks, the Government of Iran is one of its major shareholders. It provides financial support to entities close to the IRGC and to proxies of the Government of Iran.\n\nTherefore, Arian Bank is an entity owned and controlled by entities providing support to the Government of Iran.
- Title
- not on file
- Address city
- Kabul
- Address country
- AFGHANISTAN
- Citizenship
- not on file
- Remark
- (Date of UN designation: 2025-09-29)\n(Designation details: (26.7.2010, suspended since 16.1.2016))
- Official Journal
- https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:L_202501980
Where this comes from
- Register
- EU consolidated financial sanctions list
- Publisher
- European Commission, Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
- File
- content
- sha256
- ba8fbd1b114e
- Size
- 25189030 bytes
- Published
- 2026-09-22
- Read
- 2026-10-04T08:41:33.666Z
- Source file
- Source file retained · verify
- Refresh due
- 2026-10-05
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Cite as
EU consolidated financial sanctions list (European Commission, Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union), content, sha256 ba8fbd1b114e, published 2026-09-22