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title: "Bank Melli Iran SWIFT/BIC code MELIFRP1XXX · France | Elucidate"
description: "On the OFAC SDN list. SWIFT/BIC code MELIFRP1XXX for Bank Melli Iran, France. Head-office BIC, LEI 549300DK3GGPVDIPPV39, addresses and Swift connectivity."
url: https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-melli-iran-melifrp1
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France · Financial institution
# Bank Melli Iran
Sanctions listings
OFAC · SDN list
Iran · Sdgt · Ifsr
[See the listings ↓](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-melli-iran-melifrp1#sanctions)
BIC **MELIFRP1XXX** LEI **[549300DK3GGPVDIPPV39](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/549300DK3GGPVDIPPV39)** Licence no. **Not on a tracked register** [On the OFAC SDN list](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-melli-iran-melifrp1#sanctions) Passive participant (no connection) Head-office BIC only [Claim this profile](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-melli-iran-melifrp1#claim)
## Sanctions
### OFAC · United States
On the SDN list since 2018-11-05
- **Listed as:** BANK MELLI IRAN
- **List:** Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list
- **Sanctions programmes:** IRAN SDGT IFSR
- **BIC cited:**
- **Designated:** SDN 2018-11-05
- **OFAC record:** [Entry 25578 on OFAC ↗](https://sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov/Details.aspx?id=25578)
## Licences and registrations
Held by the legal entity, not by this BIC
This BIC is mapped to LEI 549300DK3GGPVDIPPV39 (Bank Melli Iran) in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. The legal entity’s page is [Bank Melli Iran (MELIIRT1)](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-melli-iran-meliirt1). None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registers.
Licences belong to the legal entity. Each applies in the country of the regulator that granted it, not to every BIC that carries the LEI.
## Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
- **BIC:** MELIFRP1XXX head office
- **Connection to Swift:** Passive participant (no connection)
- **Swift GPI:** Not on the member list
- **Payment schemes and systems:** No entry in the EPC registers, the ECB T2 and TIPS lists or the SIX Bank Master cites this BIC
- **Branch codes:** None: head-office BIC only
- **Other BICs with this LEI:** [MELIIRT1](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-melli-iran-meliirt1) · [MELIAEA1](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-melli-iran-meliaea1) · [MELIIQB1](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-melli-iran-iraq-branch-meliiqb1) · [MELIOMR1](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-melli-iran-muscat-branch-meliomr1) · [MELIAZ21](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-melli-iran-baku-branch-meliaz21)
- **BIC first registered:** 2018-11-12
- **Last updated:** 2023-06-03
## Identifiers
Head-office record
- **BIC:** MELIFRP1XXX
- **How the BIC breaks down:** 1. MELI Bank 2. FR Country · France 3. P1 Location · passive 4. XXX Branch · head office
- **Branch description:** Not recorded in the directory
- **LEI:** [549300DK3GGPVDIPPV39](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-melli-iran-meliirt1)
- **LEI record:** [View on GLEIF ↗](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/549300DK3GGPVDIPPV39)
- **How the LEI was matched:** BIC: Mapped to this BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.
## Profile
- **Type:** Financial institution
- **Regulation:** Not on a tracked register
- **Register licences:** None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registers
- **Country · region:** France · Europe & Central Asia
- **Banking supervision:** Not on the ECB's list of supervised entities as of 2026-07-01
- **Trading venues (MIC):** No MIC registered under this LEI list of 2026-09-17
- **OFAC sanctions:** [On the SDN list](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-melli-iran-melifrp1#sanctions) since 2018-11-05
- **EU sanctions:** No listing matched this BIC or its LEI
- **Country sanctions:** No country programme
- **Founded:** 1928
Types come from Swift’s BIC classification, the licences on the 22 tracked registers, and the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks outside the euro area appear as financial institutions, because their supervisors’ registers are not tracked yet.
No licence or registration was found for this entity on the 22 registers the directory tracks, or on the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks are licensed by national supervisors whose registers are not tracked yet. This does not mean that the institution is unregulated.
## Ownership and group
GLEIF relationship records
GLEIF’s relationship records name no parent for this LEI, and no group page is published for it.
## Addresses
- **Registered address:** 43 AVENUE MONTAIGNE PARIS 75008 FRANCE
- **Operational address:** 43 AVENUE MONTAIGNE PARIS 75008 PARIS FRANCE
## ISO 20022 identification
As an agent in a Swift cross-border payment message (CBPR+)
A CBPR+ message identifies this institution by its BIC, and may add its LEI or a clearing code. CBPR+ does not allow a name and postal address next to a BIC.
- **Identified by:** BIC, with its LEI
- **Roles in CBPR+:** Debtor agent, creditor agent or an intermediary agent
### CBPR+
For cross-border payments on Swift: the BIC, with the LEI and clearing code where known
```xml
MELIFRP1XXX
549300DK3GGPVDIPPV39
```
### Full record
Every ISO 20022 element the directory holds. Base ISO 20022 allows them together. CBPR+ does not allow a name and address next to a BIC
```xml
MELIFRP1XXX
549300DK3GGPVDIPPV39
BANK MELLI IRAN
PARIS
FR
43 AVENUE MONTAIGNE PARIS 75008
```
This BIC is not connected to Swift. Messages reach the institution through a correspondent bank, so it cannot be the instructing or instructed agent.
The BIC, name and address are as published in Swift’s BIC directory. The LEI comes from the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. Check them against your own records before use.
## About
From Wikidata, matched on this institution's BIC or LEI
- **Founded:** 1928
- **Headquarters:** Tehran
- **Website:** [bmi.ir ↗](https://bmi.ir/)
- **Wikipedia:** [Bank Melli Iran ↗](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_Melli_Iran)
- **Wikidata:** [Q806640 ↗](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q806640)
## Related institutions
### Legal entity
- [Bank Melli Iran BIC MELIIRT1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register OFAC SDN · Country under embargo · Iran · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300DK3GGPVDIPPV39](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-melli-iran-meliirt1)
The page that carries this LEI’s licences and group facts.
### Same legal entity
- [Bank Melli Iran BIC MELIAEA1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register OFAC SDN · United Arab Emirates · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300DK3GGPVDIPPV39](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-melli-iran-meliaea1)
- [Bank Melli Iran, Baku Branch BIC MELIAZ21 Financial institution Not on a tracked register OFAC SDN · Azerbaijan · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300DK3GGPVDIPPV39](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-melli-iran-baku-branch-meliaz21)
- [Bank Melli Iran-Iraq Branch BIC MELIIQB1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register OFAC SDN · Iraq · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300DK3GGPVDIPPV39](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-melli-iran-iraq-branch-meliiqb1)
- [Bank Melli Iran-Muscat Branch BIC MELIOMR1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register OFAC SDN · Oman · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300DK3GGPVDIPPV39](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-melli-iran-muscat-branch-meliomr1)
Other BICs mapped to the same LEI.
### Same name, different BIC
- [Bank Melli Iran BIC MELIDE21 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Germany · Not on a tracked register · LEI 391200Y7BOFEZOE3X484](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-melli-iran-melide21)
- [Bank Melli Iran BIC MELIDEH1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Germany · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-melli-iran-melideh1)
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- [BNP Paribas BIC PARBFRP1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register France · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/bnp-paribas-parbfrp1)
- [Societe Generale BIC SOGEFRPP Credit institution Prudential licence France · On the FSB G-SIB list · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/societe-generale-sogefrpp)
- [BNP Paribas BIC BNPAFRPP Credit institution Prudential licence France · On the ECB list of supervised entities · LEI R0MUWSFPU8MPRO8K5P83](https://elucidate.co/directory/bnp-paribas-bnpafrpp)
- [Banque de France BIC BDFEFR2T Financial institution Not on a tracked register France · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banque-de-france-bdfefr2t)
- [BNP Paribas BIC PARBFRPP Financial institution Not on a tracked register France · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/bnp-paribas-parbfrpp)
- [Caceis Bank BIC ISAEFRPP Credit institution Prudential licence France · On the ECB list of supervised entities · LEI 96950023SCR9X9F3L662](https://elucidate.co/directory/caceis-bank-isaefrpp)
- [Credit Agricole SA BIC AGRIFRPP Credit institution Prudential licence France · On the ECB list of supervised entities · LEI 969500TJ5KRTCJQWXH05](https://elucidate.co/directory/credit-agricole-sa-agrifrpp)
- [Banque Federative du Credit Mutuel BIC CMCIFRP1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register France · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banque-federative-du-credit-mutuel-cmcifrp1)
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Sources & method
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