Featured Iranian Entities
This page contains profiles of Iranian entities researched and written by the Wisconsin Project. These entities - persons, companies, institutes, government agencies - are thought to be contributing to Iran's nuclear, chemical, or biological weapon capabilities or to its missiles or advanced conventional weapon programs. Many of the entities have been explicitly identified by governments as contributing to these programs.
The entities on this page are those the Wisconsin Project has chosen to feature. For a full list of entities on Iran Watch, see the "Alphabetical List of Iranian Entities."
The Wisconsin Project believes this information to be reliable; however, the Wisconsin Project does not guarantee full accuracy or completeness. The Wisconsin Project invites comment on this information that could aid in presenting a full and accurate picture of the entity described.
Missile
An Iranian national who together with Marco Klinge and Vahid Qayumi leads the MVM partnership, a network that has coordinated the procurement of ballistic missile propellant ingredients on behalf of Parchin Chemical Industries (PCI).
Nuclear
A front company for the Organization of Defensive Innovation and Research (SPND), which according to the U.S. Department of State is the direct successor to Iran's pre-2004 nuclear weapon program; facilitated the travel of Iranian nuclear experts to Russia to procure dual-use technologies and expertise applicable in nuclear weapon development.
Nuclear, Missile, Chemical, Military
A research institute subordinate to the Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL); associated with "possible military dimensions to Iran's nuclear program," according to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); the direct successor to Iran's pre-2004 nuclear weapons program, according to the U.S. Department of State.
Nuclear
An Iran-based company; according to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, manufactures aluminum products for Iran Centrifuge Technology Company (TESA), a producer of centrifuges used in Iran's uranium enrichment program.Produces aluminum alloys, including alloy 7075, which can be used for gas centrifuge rotors.Maintains a factory in Arak and a sales office in Tehran.Managing director is Mohsen Rahimi.National ID number (Iran) is 10780122347; registration number (Iran) is 8722.Established on December 11, 2008.
Nuclear
General contractor for Iran's nuclear industry responsible for nuclear reactor projects, including procurement, engineering, fuel supply, construction, and commissioning for nuclear power plants.
Nuclear
An Iran-based industrial services company and manufacturer; according to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, procures critical technologies for Iran Centrifuge Technology Company (TESA), a producer of centrifuges used for Iran's uranium enrichment.
Nuclear
Managing director and chairman of the board of directors of Atbin Ista Technical and Engineering Company; according to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, has overseen the purchase and shipment of items to TESA.
Missile
An Iran-based test equipment manufacturer; has coordinated the procurement of electronic components, gyroscopes, and other missile-applicable items for organizations subordinate to Iran's Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL).
Missile
An Iranian national; according to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, has facilitated the procurement of electronic components, gyroscopes, and other missile-applicable items for organizations subordinate to Iran's Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL).
Military
A U.S.-Iranian electrical engineer and entrepreneur; conspired with Mohammad Abedini Najafabadi to export controlled electronic components and technology from the United States to Iran that were ultimately used to support the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force's drone program.
Missile, Military
An Iranian businessman and CEO of Sanat Danesh Rahpuyan Aflak Company Ltd (SDRA); has procured components for sensitive navigational systems used by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force Self-Sufficiency Jihad Organization (IRGC ASF SSJO) to produce missiles and drones.
Missile, Military
An Iran-based supplier of integrated and inertial navigation systems and supporting software; founder and managing director is Mohammad Abedini Najafabadi; according to the U.S.
Missile, Military
A subsidiary of Iran's Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL) that manufactures electronic components for weapons systems; obtained electronics from the United States in violation of U.S. export controls, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Missile
An Iran-based electronics company; linked by the U.N. Panel of Experts on Yemen to cruise missile components used by the Houthi rebels.
Missile
An Iranian procurement agent; according to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, leads a network that has facilitated procurement for Iran's ballistic missile program.
Missile
An electronics importer and distributor with offices in China, Iran, and Turkey; according to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, part of a network led by Saeed Hamidi Javar that has facilitated procurement for Iran's ballistic missile program.
Military
An Iran-based company specializing in the provision of aircraft parts and services; according to the United Kingdom, involved in the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) industry and has enabled Iran to conduct destabilizing regional activity; conducts business in the Iranian defense sector.
Military
An Iran-based technology company specializing in electronics; parent company of Rayan Roshd Afzar Company, a firm that appears on the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list maintained by the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) for supporting the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and that has procured U.S.-origin dual-use electronics from China, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
Military
An Iranian procurement agent; according to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, oversees a transnational procurement network supporting Iran's
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force Self-Sufficiency Jihad Organization (ASF SSJO) and its production of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
Military
A subsidiary of the Iranian Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL); according to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, part of a network that has facilitated and financed the sale of Iranian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to Russia on behalf of MODAFL.
Military
An Iran-based trading company; according to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, part of a network that has facilitated and financed the sale of Iranian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to Russia on behalf of Iran's Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL).
Military
An Iran-based company; according to the European Union, supports Iran's unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) program.
Military
An Iran-based company; according to the European Union, supports Iran's unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) program.
Military
An Iran-based company; has procured thousands of servomotors with applications in one-way attack UAVs for the IRGC-Aerospace Force Self Sufficiency Jihad Organization.
Military
An Iranian national; former chairman of the board of Rayan Roshd Afzar; according to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, has obtained a range of military-applicable items from China on behalf of Rayan Roshd Afzar in support of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).