Info:
Mesbah Energy Company is the Middle East’s premier producer and analyzer of stable isotope compounds. This company was established in order to produce and analyze stable isotope compounds, stable isotope labeled compounds, and NMR solvents. Over the recent years Mesbah Energy Company has been specialized in the development, production, analysis and marketing of stable isotopes and stable isotope labeled compounds.
Subordinate to the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI). Involved in Iran’s proliferation-sensitive nuclear activities at Arak Heavy Water Complex, according to the United Nations. According to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, procures products for the Arak complex;
Intended recipient of liquid level gauges, the procurement of which was denied on July 3, 2003, by a member state of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG). Intended recipient of steam traps and components for steam traps, the procurement of which (through Azar AB Industry Company/Industries Company (AIC)) was denied on April 14, 2003, by a member state of the NSG; intended recipient of pressure relief valves and specially designed components, the procurement of which was denied on December 4, 2002, by a member state of the NSG; intended recipient of high grade steel pipes and components, the procurement of which was denied on April 30, 2002, by a member state of the NSG; attempted to procure filters, screens and gaskets for pumps for the Pars Oil and Gas Project (POGP), but the procurement was denied on February 18, 2002, by a member state of the NSG;
Intended recipient of pressure switches, micro switches, components and accessories, the procurement of which was denied on February 12, 2002, by a member state of the NSG; intended recipient of tank gauges, components and accessories, the procurement of which was denied on February 12, 2002, by a member state of the NSG; intended recipient of cooling towers, the procurement of which was denied on March 26, 2001, by a member state of the NSG; intended recipient of software and glass filter sets for a spectrophotometer, the procurement of which was denied on December 13, 2000, by a member state of the NSG; intended recipient of a Fourier transform infra-red spectrometer with control software and sampling accessories, the procurement of which was denied on November 8, 2000, by a member state of the NSG;
Director General Ali Hajinia Leilabadi was listed in an annex to U.N. Security Council resolution 1737 as a person involved in Iran’s proliferation-sensitive nuclear activities;
According to the European Union, Bank Melli Iran and its subsidiaries have provided financial support and services, such as facilitating purchases of sensitive materials, maintaining accounts and opening letters of credit, for companies that are involved in or procure goods for Iran’s nuclear and missile programs, including AIO (Aerospace Industries Organization) and Mesbah Energy Company;
Maro Sanat Company – A procurement firm that acts on behalf of Mesbah Energy and Iran’s Nuclear Reactors Fuel Company (SUREH);
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;
Involved In:
Nuclear Weapon Program
Missile Weapon Program
Industry:
Energy Industry
Also Known As:
Messbah Energy
MEC
Mesbah Energy Co.
Country:
Iran
Address:
77 Armaghan Gharbi, Valiasr Blvd., Tehran
77 Armaghan Gharbi Street, Valiasr Blve, Tehran
Tehran, Vali-Asr Street, across from Mellat Park, Western Armaghan, number 77, Iran
Website:
www.isotope.ir
E-mail:
info@isotope.ir
Person of interests:
Ali Hajinia Leilabad as a director
Reason for the color:
» 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 September 21, 2020 pursuant to Executive Order 13382 for being owned or controlled by the AEOI;
» 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 November 05, 2018;
» Designated by The U.S. Department of the Treasury, 1/4/2006;
» Designation removed by The U.S. Department of the Treasury on January 2016;
» Listed by the European Union on April 19, 2007, as a provider for the reactor at Arak and pursuant to U.N. proliferators of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and their delivery systems;