Info:
Supplies entities in Iran with raw materials;
Overseen by Machine Sazi Arak;
Has sought to procure steel products for Iran’s oil and gas industries;
Listed as a supplier for National Iranian Oil Engineering and Construction Company (NIOEC);
Imports and exports reportedly including ferrous and non-ferrous metals, machinery, steel, and cement;
Also Known As:
West Sun Trade
Involved In:
Military Weapon Program
Established:
1990
Country:
Germany
Address:
– Winterhuder Weg 8, Hamburg 22085, Germany
– Arak Machine Mfg. Bldg., 2nd Floor, opp. of College Economy, Northern Kargar Ave., Tehran 14136, Iran
Phone:
0049 40 2270170
E-Mail:
adib@westsuntrade.de
info@westsuntrade.com
Web Site:
www.westsuntrade.com
www.westsuntrade.de
Person of interests:
Ali Shirani;
Hossein Adib;
Mohammad Bagher Sobhani;
Freidoon Loftfi Bafandi;
Hamid Reza Moradi;
Abbas Maleki Tehrani
Reason for the color:
» As part of the re-imposition of U.S. sanctions on Iran, added on November 5, 2018 to the Specially Designated Nationals (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 13599, which targets entities controlled by the Government of Iran and Iranian financial institutions; foreign parties facilitating transactions for the entity or otherwise assisting the entity are subject to U.S. sanctions;
» Listed by the European Union on May 23, 2011 as an entity linked to Iran’s proliferation-sensitive nuclear activities or Iran’s development of nuclear weapon delivery systems; with some exceptions, European Union member states must freeze all funds and economic resources owned, held or controlled by the listed entity, and prevent funds or economic resources from being made available to it;
» Added to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list maintained by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on August 3, 2010;
Has sought to procure steel products for Iran’s oil and gas industries;
» Removed from the SDN list in January 2016 as part of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, but identified as a part of the Government of Iran, prohibiting transactions with U.S. parties;