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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2011-299/annex-I/division-I",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2011/299",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision 2011/299/CFSP of 23 May 2011 amending Decision 2010/413/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Iran",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2011-299",
  "path": "annex/I/division/I",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "I",
  "heading": "Persons and entities involved in nuclear or ballistic missiles activities",
  "text": "A.\nPersons\nName\nIdentifying information\nReasons\nDate of listing\n1.\nMohammad Ahmadian\nFormerly acting Head of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI), and currently Deputy Head of the AEOI. The AEOI oversees Iran's nuclear programme and is designated under UNSCR 1737 (2006).\n23.05.2011\n2.\nEngineer Naser Rastkhah\nDeputy Head of the AEOI. The AEOI oversees Iran's nuclear programme and is designated under UNSCR 1737 (2006).\n23.05.2011\n3.\nBehzad Soltani\nDeputy Head of the AEOI. The AEOI oversees Iran's nuclear programme and is designated under UNSCR 1737 (2006).\n23.05.2011\n4.\nMassoud Akhavan-Fard\nDeputy Head of the AEOI for Planning, International and Parliamentary affairs. The AEOI oversees Iran's nuclear programme and is designated under UNSCR 1737 (2006).\n23.05.2011\nB.\nEntities\nName\nIdentifying information\nReasons\nDate of listing\n1.\nEuropäisch-Iranische Handelsbank (EIH)\nHead Office: Depenau 2, D-20095 Hamburg; Kish branch, Sanaee Avenue, PO Box 79415/148, Kish Island 79415\nTehran branch, No. 1655/1, Valiasr Avenue, PO Box 19656 43 511, Tehran, Iran\nEIH has played a key role in assisting a number of Iranian banks with alternative options for completing transactions disrupted by EU sanctions targeting Iran. EIH has been noted acting as the advising bank and intermediary bank in transactions with designated Iranian entities.\nFor example, EIH froze the accounts of EU-designated bank Saderat Iran and Bank Mellat located at EIH Hamburg in early August 2010. Shortly afterwards, EIH resumed Euro-denominated business with Bank Mellat and Bank Saderat Iran using EIH accounts with a non-designated Iranian bank. In August 2010, EIH was setting up a system to enable routine payments to be made to Bank Saderat London and Future Bank Bahrain, in such a way as to avoid EU sanctions.\nAs of October 2010, EIH was continuing to act as a conduit for payments by sanctioned Iranian banks, including Bank Mellat and Bank Saderat. These sanctioned banks are to direct their payments to EIH via Iran's Bank of Industry and Mine. In 2009, EIH was used by Post Bank in a sanctions evasion scheme which involved handlingtransactions on behalf of UN-designated Bank Sepah. EU-designated Bank Mellat is one of EIH's parent banks.\n23.05.2011\n2.\nOnerbank ZAO (a.k.a. Eftekhar Bank, Honor Bank)\nUlitsa Klary Tsetkin 51, Minsk 220004, Belarus\nBelarus-based bank owned by Bank Refah Kargaran, Bank Saderat and the Export Development Bank of Iran\n23.05.2011\n3.\nAras Farayande\nUnit 12, No 35 Kooshesh Street, Tehran\nInvolved in procurement of materials for EU-sanctioned Iran Centrifuge Technology Company\n23.05.2011\n4.\nEMKA Company\nA subsidiary company of the UN-sanctioned TAMAS, responsible for the discovery and extraction of uranium.\n23.05.2011\n5.\nNeda Industrial Group\nNo 10 & 12, 64th Street, Yusef Abad, Tehran\nIndustrial automation company that has worked for the UN-sanctioned Kalaye Electric Company (KEC) at the uranium fuel enrichment plant at Natanz.\n23.05.2011\n6.\nNeka Novin\nUnit 7, No 12, 13th Street, Mir-Emad St, Motahary Avenue, Tehran, 15875-6653\nInvolved in procurement of specialist equipment and materials that have direct application in Iranian nuclear programme.\n23.05.2011\n7.\nNoavaran Pooyamoj\nNo 15, Eighth Street, Pakistan Avenue, Shahid Beheshti Avenue, Tehran\nInvolved in procurement of materials that are controlled and have direct application in the manufacture of centrifuges for Iran's uranium enrichment programme.\n23.05.2011\n8.\nNoor Afza Gostar, (a.k.a. Noor Afzar Gostar)\nOpp Seventh Alley, Zarafrshan Street, Eivanak Street, Qods Township\nA company that is a subsidiary of the UN-sanctioned Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI). Involved in the procurement of equipment for the nuclear programme.\n23.05.2011\n9.\nPouya Control\nNo 2, Sharif Alley, Shariati Street, Tehran\nA company involved in procurement of inverters for Iran's proscribed enrichment programme.\n23.05.2011\n10.\nRaad Iran (a.k.a Raad Automation Company)\nUnit 1, No 35, Bouali Sina Sharghi, Chehel Sotoun Street, Fatemi Square, Tehran\nA company involved in procurement of inverters for Iran's proscribed enrichment programme. RaadIran was established to produce and design controlling systems and provides the sale and installation of inverters and programmable Logic Controllers.\n23.05.2011\n11.\nSUREH (Nuclear Reactors Fuel Company)\nHead Office: 61 Shahid Abtahi St, Karegar e Shomali, Tehran Complex: Persian Gulf Boulevard, Km20 SW Esfahan Road\nA company subordinate to the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI) consisting of the Uranium Conversion Facility, the Fuel Manufacturing Plant and the Zirconium Production Plant.\n23.05.2011\n12.\nSun Middle East FZ Company\nA company that procures sensitive goods for the Nuclear Reactors Fuel Company (SUREH). Sun Middle East uses intermediaries based outside of Iran to source goods SUREH requires. Sun Middle East provides these intermediaries with false end user details for when the goods are sent to Iran, thereby seeking to circumvent the relevant country's Customs regime.\n23.05.2011\n13.\nAshtian Tablo\nAshtian Tablo - No 67, Ghods mirheydari St, Yoosefabad, Tehran\nA manufacturer of electrical equipment (switchgear)involved in the construction of the Fordow (Qom) facility, built without being declared to the IAEA.\n23.05.2011\n14.\nBals Alman\nA manufacturer of electrical equipment (switchgear) involved in the ongoing construction of the Fordow (Qom) facility built without being declared to the IAEA.\n23.05.2011\n15.\nHirbod Co\nHirbod Co - Flat 2, 3 Second Street, Asad Abadi Avenue, Tehran 14316\nA company that has procured goods and equipment destined for Iran's Nuclear and Ballistic Missile programmes for the UN-sanctioned Kalaye Electric Company (KEC).\n23.05.2011\n16.\nIran Transfo\n15 Hakim Azam St, Shirazeh, Shomali St, Mollasadra, Vanak Sq, Tehran\nTransformer manufacturer involved in the ongoing construction of the Fordow (Qom) facility built without being declared to the IAEA.\n23.05.2011\n17.\nMarou Sanat (a.k.a. Mohandesi Tarh Va Toseh Maro Sanat Company)\n9, Ground Floor, Zohre Street, Mofateh Street, Tehran\nProcurement firm that has acted for Mesbah Energy which was designated under UNSCR 1737\n23.05.2011\n18.\nPaya Parto (a.k.a. Paya Partov)\nSubsidiary of Novin Energy, which was sanctioned under UNSCR 1747, involved in laser welding.\n23.05.2011\n19.\nSafa Nicu\nCommunications firm that supplied equipment for the Fordow (Qom) facility built without being declared to the IAEA.\n23.05.2011\n20.\nTaghtiran\nEngineering firm that procures equipment for Iran's IR-40 heavy water research reactor\n23.05.2011\n21.\nPearl Energy Company Ltd\nLevel 13(E) Main Office Tower, Jalan Merdeka, Financial Park Complex, Labuan 87000 Malaysia\nPearl Energy Company Ltd. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of First East Export Bank (FEEB), which was designated by the UN under Security Council Resolution 1929 in June 2010. Pearl Energy Company was formed by FEEB in order to provide economic research on an array of global industries.\nThe Head of Bank Mellat, Ali Divandari, serves as the Chairman of Pearl Energy Company's Board of Directors.\n23.05.2011\n22.\nPearl Energy Services, SA\n15 Avenue de Montchoisi, Lausanne, 1006 VD, Switzerland; Business Registration Document #CH-550.1.058.055-9\nPearl Energy Services S.A. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pearl Energy Company Ltd, located in Switzerland; its mission is to provide financing and expertise to entities seeking to enter in to Iran's petroleum sector.\n23.05.2011\n23.\nWest Sun Trade GMBH\nWinterhuder Weg 8, Hamburg 22085, Germany; Telephone: 0049 40 2270170; Business Registration Document # HRB45757 (Germany)\nOwned or controlled by Machine Sazi Arak\n23.05.2011\n24.\nMAAA Synergy\nMalaysia\nInvolved in procurement of components for Iranian fighter planes\n23.05.2011\n25.\nModern Technologies FZC (MTFZC)\nPO Box 8032, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates\nInvolved in procurement of components for Iranian nuclear programme\n23.05.2011\n26.\nQualitest FZE\nLevel 41, Emirates Towers, Sheikh Zayed Road, PO Box 31303, Dubai, United Arab Emirates\nInvolved in procurement of components for Iranian nuclear programme\n23.05.2011\n27.\nBonab Research Center (BRC)\nJade ye Tabriz (km 7), East Azerbaijan, Iran\nAffiliated to AEOI\n23.05.2011\n28.\nTajhiz Sanat Shayan (TSS)\nUnit 7, No. 40, Yazdanpanah, Afriqa Blvd., Teheran, Iran\nInvolved in procurement of components for Iranian nuclear programme\n23.05.2011\n29.\nInstitute of Applied Physics (IAP)\nConducts research into military applications of Iranian nuclear programme\n23.05.2011\n30.\nAran Modern Devices (AMD)\nAffiliated to MTFZC network\n23.05.2011\n31.\nSakhte Turbopomp va Kompressor (SATAK) (a.k.a. Turbo Compressor Manufacturer, TCMFG)\n8, Shahin Lane, Tavanir Rd., Valiasr Av., Teheran, Iran\nInvolved in procurement efforts for Iranian missile programm\n23.05.2011\n32.\nElectronic Components Industries (ECI)\nHossain Abad Avenue, Shiraz, Iran\nSubsidiary of Iran Electronics Industries\n23.05.2011\n33.\nShiraz Electronics Industries\nMirzaie Shirazi, P.O. Box 71365-1589, Shiraz, Iran\nSubsidiary of Iran Electronics Industries\n23.05.2011\n34.\nIran Marine Industrial Company (SADRA)\nSadra Building No. 3, Shafagh St., Poonak Khavari Blvd., Shahrak Ghods, P.O. Box 14669-56491, Tehran, Iran\nOwned or controlled by Khatam al-Anbiya Construction Headquarters\n23.05.2011\n35.\nShahid Beheshti University\nDaneshju Blvd., Yaman St., Chamran Blvd., P.O. Box 19839-63113, Tehran, Iran\nOwned or controlled by Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL)\nCarries out scientific research on nuclear weapons\n23.05.2011",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
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