Owned or controlled by the Khatam al-Anbiya Construction Headquarters (KAA), according to the European Union, which is an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)-owned company; 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; sanctioned by the governments of Australia, Canada, Japan, Norway, and Switzerland, restricting business and financial transactions with the entity and/or freezing its assets in those countries; added on March 28, 2012 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 13382, which targets proliferators of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and their delivery systems; listed by the Japanese government in 2011 as an entity of concern for proliferation relating to missiles and biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons.
Contracted by Atomstroyexport (ASE) and the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) in 2000 to carry out the repair, renovation, and completion of a cooling water discharge tunnel system at the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP); has held bank accounts at Bank Tejarat, Bank Melli, Bank Toseh Saaderat Iran, Europaisch-Iranische Handelsbank AG; involved in shipbuilding and repair, construction of offshore oil, gas, and drilling rig platforms, construction of ports, oil terminals, and jetties, installation and repair of sub-sea pipelines, and the laying of submarine cables; has an office in Venezuela; Mehdi Etesam is managing director; company officials have reportedly included Rostam Ghasemi, J. Khobreh, A. Khorasanizadeh, Mohammad Banae, Vali Arabi, and Mohammad Qaheri.
Source: / Iranwatch /