A China-based supplier of Limbach light aircraft engines; has attempted to sell unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) engines to Iran.
Featured Suppliers
This page contains profiles of Iran's suppliers researched and written by the Wisconsin Project. These entities -- persons, companies, governments -- are thought to have supplied technology, equipment, material, or expertise to Iran that would enhance Iran's ability to construct nuclear, chemical, biological or advanced conventional weapons or long-range missiles. Many of the entities have been explicitly identified by governments as contributing to these programs.
The suppliers on this page are those the Wisconsin Project has chosen to feature. For a full list of suppliers on Iran Watch, see the "Alphabetical List of Suppliers."
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.
Military
A China-based engine producer; according to the European Union, suspected of sharing engine designs with entities producing Iranian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
Supplies Limbach aircraft engines and spare parts, including two- and four-stroke engines for experimental and ultralight aircraft and UAVs; products include Limbach L275E, L550E, L2400, L1700E, and L2000E engines.
Missile
An India-based company involved in the MVM Partnership, a network that has coordinated the procurement of ballistic missile propellant ingredients on behalf of Parchin Chemical Industries (PCI).
Missile
A United Arab Emirates-based company; part of the MVM Partnership, a network that has coordinated the procurement of ballistic missile propellant ingredients on behalf of Parchin Chemical Industries (PCI).
Missile
A German national who together with Majid Dolatkhah 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).
Military
An Iran and UAE-based shipping company; has been a witting facilitator for Hossein Hatefi Ardakani, who oversees a procurement network supporting the IRGC Aerospace Force Self-Sufficiency Jihad Organization (ASF SSJO) and its production of unmanned aerial vehicles.
A UAE-based trading company and distributor of aircraft parts; has exported items on the Commerce Control List from the United States to Iran and Russia through the UAE, in apparent violation of the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations and the Export Administration Regulations, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Military
A China-based aerospace company controlled by Chen Congming; has been the parent company of China-based Xiamen Limbach Aircraft Engine Co., Ltd.
A Switzerland-based front company for Iran-based Sanat Danesh Rahpuyan Aflak Company Ltd (SDRA) that has procured navigation system components used by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force Self-Sufficiency Jihad Organization (IRGC ASF SSJO) to produce missiles and drones.
Military
A Hong-Kong based trading company; according to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, part of a procurement network operated by Iran-based Pishtazan Kavosh Gostar Boshra (PKGB) and its subsidiary, Narin Sepehr Mobin Isatis, involved in acquiring components for unmanned aerial vehicles.
Military
A Hong Kong-based front company; used to facilitate the procurement of U.S.-origin electronics for Rastafann Ertebat Engineering Company, which supports the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Iran’s Naval Defense Missile Industry Group.
Missile
A China-based distributor of electronic components; has procured or attempted to procure U.S.-origin items for Iran's weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) programs, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Products include integrated circuits, capacitors, connectors, digital signal processors, diodes, fuses, inductors, microprocessors, relays, resistors, sensors, and transistors; promotes product applications in flight control systems for aircraft and missiles.
Serves clients in the military, aerospace, communications, consumer electronics,...
Missile
A Hong Kong-based distributor of electronic components; associated with an address identified by the U.S. Department of Commerce as posing a high risk of diversion.
Military
An official of Defense Industries System (DIS), the primary procurement arm of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF); has facilitated weapons procurement on behalf of DIS, according to the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
Has coordinated the acquisition of Iranian-made unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) from an Azerbaijani defense company for shipment to Sudan, according to the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
Chief Operating Officer of Hong Kong-based Portex Trade Limited, which has transacted with...
Military
A Hong Kong-based company; according to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, has facilitated weapons procurement on behalf of Defense Industries System (DIS), the primary procurement arm of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF).
Chief Operating Officer is DIS official Ahmed Abdalla, who coordinated the acquisition of Iranian-made unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) from an Azerbaijani defense company for shipment to Sudan, according to the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
Associated with an address identified...
Missile
An employee of Beijing Shiny Nights Technology Development Co., Ltd. (Beijing SNTD), a China-based front company for Iran's Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL); according to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, part of a network led by Saeed Hamidi Javar that has facilitated procurement for...
Missile
A Turkey-based affiliate of Buy Best Electronic Pars Company, an Iran-based electronics supplier controlled by Saeed Hamidi Javar that has facilitated procurement for Iran's ballistic missile program.
Shares an address with the Turkish office of Buy Best Electronic Pars Company; considered by the U.S. Department of Commerce to be the same entity as Buy Best Electronic Pars Company.
Registered in 2015.
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Missile
A Turkey-based businessman; according to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, part of a network that has procured carbon fiber and other missile-applicable goods for the Iranian Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL) and its subsidiaries.
Missile
A Turkey-based motor vehicle and import-export company; according to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, part of a network that has procured carbon fiber and other missile-applicable goods for the Iranian Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL) and its subsidiaries.
Missile, Military
A German-Iranian procurement agent; according to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, part of a network that has obtained epoxy resin and other items for end users in Iran's defense industry.
Military
An Oman-based construction company; according to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, part of a network that has obtained epoxy resin and other items for end users in Iran's defense industry.
Military
A United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based trading company; facilitated the shipment of thousands of servomotors from Hongkong Himark Electron Model Limited to Pishgam Electronic Safeh Company for use in Iranian unmanned aerial vehicles.
Military
A Hong Kong-based electronics distributor; exported more than one million dollars' worth of servomotors to Pishgam Electronic Safeh Company in Iran for use in Iranian unmanned aerial vehicles.
Military
A Chinese businessman; according to the U.S. Department of Justice, conspired to illegally purchase and export dual-use microelectronics from the United States to Iran for Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force Self-Sufficiency Jihad Organization (ASF SSJO) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) program.
Military
A front company for the Iranian Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL) based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE); part of a network that has facilitated and financed the sale of Iranian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to Russia on behalf of MODAFL.