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Described by the U.S. Department of the Treasury an as entity that is owned or controlled by or acts or purports to act on behalf of Iran’s Defense Industries Organization (DIO);
Subsidiary of Ammunition Industries Group (AMIG);
Identified by the U.S. Department of the Treasury as an end-user of various items provided by Karl Lee, also known as Li Fangwei (Li Fang Wei), and front companies affiliated with LIMMT Economic and Trade Company (LIMMT). Allegedly was provided weapons-usable materials by Li Fang Wei and LIMMT, which were indicted on April 7, 2009, by the District Attorney’s Office of New York County for charges relating to the misuse of Manhattan banks and the proliferation of illicit missile and nuclear technology to Iran. According to the indictment, on or about December 22, 2006, a LIMMT representative sent an agent of Shahid Sayyad Shirazi Industries an invoice addressed to Yazd Metallurgy Industries for 200 metric tons of high power graphite electrodes in the amount of €220,400; according to the indictment, on or about February 15, 2007, a LIMMT representative acknowledged payment by Shahid Sayyad Shirazi Industries for a shipment of high power graphite electrodes. According to the indictment, an agent of Shahid Sayyad Shirazi Industries received an invoice on or about April 9, 2007, sent by Li Fang Wei confirming the sale of 450 metric tons of furnace electrodes with 4TPI nipples;
Produces large caliber items and cartridge cases;
Has cooperated with Olyapey Technical and Engineering Co. on the demolition, reconstruction, and modernization of Iran’s Ministry of Defense buildings;
According to the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), involved in the production of improvised explosive devices (IEDs). According to NCRI, located in Lavizan in northern Tehran. According to NCRI, engineer Chahryar Moqadam (Shahryar Moqadam) is involved in the group’s armor piercing projects, the foreign commercial manager is reportedly Mohammad Mohammadi;
Also Known As:
Shahid Sayyade Shirazi Industries
Sayyad Shirazi Industries
Sayad Shirazi
Sayad Shirazi industries
Sayad Shirazi industry
Shaheed Sayad Shirazee ammunition industries
Shahid Sayyadi Shirazi Industries
Shahid Sayyed Shirazi Ind.
Involved In:
Military Weapon Program
Missile Weapon Program
Country:
Iran
Address:
– Next to Nirou Battery Mfg. Co., Shahid Babaii Expressway, Nobonyad Square, Tehran, Iran
– Pasdaran St., Tehran 1835, Iran
– P.O. Box 16765, Tehran, Iran
– Babaei Highway, Next to Niru M.F.G., Tehran, Iran
Phone:
0098 21 29973324;
Reason for the color:
» On 24.10.2016 added on consolidated list of financial sanctions targets in the UK;
» Listed by the British government in 2008 as an entity of potential concern for WMD-related procurement;
» Listed in an annex to U.N. Security Council resolution 1737 of December 23, 2006, as an entity involved in Iran’s ballistic missile program; 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; the U.N. designation also requires states 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;
» Added on April 7, 2009 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; identified by the U.S. Department of the Treasury as an end-user of various items provided by Karl Lee, also known as Li Fangwei (Li Fang Wei), and front companies affiliated with LIMMT Economic and Trade Company (LIMMT);