Exchange record
Zedcex
UK-registered centralized digital-asset exchange linked to Babak Morteza Zanjani. OFAC designated Zedcex Exchange Ltd on 2026-01-30 under Iran-sector and counterterrorism authorities after identifying IRGC-linked transaction activity. Companies House later dissolved the UK company through compulsory strike-off on 2026-05-12, while public Zedcex-facing exchange surfaces remained accessible afterward. HEI therefore classifies the entity as limited rather than dead.
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Summary
UK-registered centralized digital-asset exchange linked to Babak Morteza Zanjani. OFAC designated Zedcex Exchange Ltd on 2026-01-30 under Iran-sector and counterterrorism authorities after identifying IRGC-linked transaction activity. Companies House later dissolved the UK company through compulsory strike-off on 2026-05-12, while public Zedcex-facing exchange surfaces remained accessible afterward. HEI therefore classifies the entity as limited rather than dead.
Timeline
Zedcex Exchange Ltd was incorporated in the United Kingdom on 2022-08-22. OFAC later identified Zedcex as a UK-registered digital-asset exchange and used the same establishment date in its sanctions record.
The U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control designated Zedcex Exchange Ltd pursuant to E.O. 13902 for operating in Iran's financial sector and pursuant to E.O. 13224, as amended, for materially supporting the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Companies House recorded final compulsory strike-off and dissolution of Zedcex Exchange Ltd on 2026-05-12. The registrar's notice states that the section 1002A action related to incorporation information or statements considered misleading, false, or deceptive.