Special Economic Measures (Iran) Regulations

2 A person whose name is listed in Schedule 1 is a person who is in Iran, or is a national of Iran who does not ordinarily reside in Canada, and in respect of whom the Governor in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister, is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds to believe is

• (a) a person engaged in activities that directly or indirectly facilitate, support, provide funding for, contribute to, or could contribute to, Iran’s proliferation-sensitive nuclear activities, or to Iran’s activities related to the development of chemical, biological or nuclear weapons of mass destruction or delivery systems for such weapons, including when the person is an entity, a senior official of the entity;

• (a.1) a person who has participated in gross and systematic human rights violations in Iran;

• (b) a former or current senior official in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps;

• (c) an associate of a person referred to in any of paragraphs (a) to (b);

• (d) a family member of a person referred to in any of paragraphs (a) to (c) and (f);

• (e) an entity owned, held or controlled, directly or indirectly, by a person referred to in any of paragraphs (a) to (d) or acting on behalf of or at the direction of such a person; or

• (f) a senior official of an entity referred to in paragraph (e).