Info:
A subsidiary of Iran’s Defense Industries Organization (DIO);
Manufactures and services small arms and light weapons, and carries out procurement through Hadid Industries Complex; manufactures large and medium caliber guns, cannons, self-propelled guns, howitzers, rocket and mortar launchers, SPG-9 and 106-mm recoilless anti-tank guns, assault and sniper rifles, sub-machine guns, pistols, and hunting guns;
Affiliated complexes include Imam Ali Industries, Jangafzarsazi, Esfahan Alloy Steel, and Fajr-e-Shiraz;
Also Known As:
Armament Group
AIG
Involved In:
Military Weapon Program
Country:
Iran
Address:
– Sepah Islam Road, Karaj Special Road Km 10
– Sepahian-e-Eslam St., 11th Km. Karaj Special Road, Tehran, P.O. Box 13185-1153, Iran
– Pasdaran Av., Tehran, Iran
– P.O. Box 19585/777, Tehran, Iran
Phone:
4905671-6, 4905169-4905677
Website:
www.aig.ir
Reason for the color:
» Added on Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets in the UK;
» Added on September 17, 2008 to the Specially Designated National (SDN) list maintained by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), freezing its assets under U.S. jurisdiction and prohibiting transactions with U.S. parties, pursuant to Executive Order 13382, which targets proliferators of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and their delivery systems; the designation was part of sanctions against Iranian military end-users which obtained sensitive U.S.-origin goods through Iranian procurement front companies;
Manufactures large and medium caliber guns, cannons, self-propelled guns, howitzers, rocket and mortar launchers, SPG-9 and 106-mm recoilless anti-tank guns, assault and sniper rifles, sub-machine guns, pistols, and hunting guns;
» Listed in an annex to U.N. Security Council resolution 1929 of June 9, 2010, as an entity involved in Iran’s nuclear or ballistic missile activities; with some exceptions, the U.N. designation requires states to freeze financial assets on their territories which are owned or controlled by the entity, by its agents, or by entities it owns or controls, and to ensure that any funds, financial assets or economic resources are prevented from being made available by their nationals or by any persons or entities within their territories, to or for the benefit of the entity;
» Listed by the European Union on June 18, 2010, pursuant to U.N. Security Council resolution 1929, as an entity whose funds and economic resources, and those it owns, holds, or controls, must be frozen by E.U. member states; with some exceptions, and within their jurisdiction, E.U. member states must also ensure that funds or economic resources are not made available to or for the benefit of the listed entity;
» Listed by the British government in 2013 as an entity of potential concern for WMD-related procurement;