On 24 December 2006, Rahim Safavi was listed in United Nations Security Council Resolution 1737 asking for his assets (among others’) to be frozen because of alleged involvements in persian nuclear and ballistic missile programmes.Listed by the European Union on April 21, 2007, as a person linked to homeland’s proliferation-sensitive nuclear activities or homeland’s development of nuclear weapon delivery systems; with some exceptions, E.U. member states must freeze assets owned or controlled by the person, directly or indirectly, and prevent assets from being made available to the person; with some exceptions, E.U. member states must also prevent the person’s entry into or transit through their territories.