Supplier: Baltic State Technical University

www.voenmeh.ru
www.bstu.spb.su

Listed in the context of assistance to Iran's missile program in a July 2005 early warning document distributed by the German government to industry; sanctioned by the U.S. Department of the Treasury in February 1999 for materially contributing, or attempting to contribute, to a foreign country's effort to acquire, produce and/or deliver weapons of mass destruction; sanctioned by the U.S. Department of State on July 30, 1998, for engaging in proliferation activities related to Iran's missile programs; since July 1998, present on the U.S. "Entity List" of end users whose activities pose "a risk of diverting exported and reexported items into programs related to weapons of mass destruction;" placed on the Entity List when an investigation for suspected export control violations involving weapons of mass destruction and missile technology was being carried out by the Russian Government.

Reportedly received payment from Mr. M. Akhlagi, head of Iran's Sanam Industries Group, which is part of the Defense Industries Organization (DIO) and in charge of Iran's solid-fuel missile program, for development of the "Persepolis" joint missile education center in Iran to transfer missile technology from Russia to Iran; possesses an experimental production plant, an engineering centre of jet technology study, and a computing centre; conducts research on aerospace equipment, dynamics and durability of mechanical systems, quality control and reliability of mechanical systems, robotic application problems, mechanotronics, and information processing; formerly known as the Military Mechanical Institute Imeni Ustinova, the Military Mechanical Institute and the Baltic State Technical University after D.F. Ustinov; founded in June 1930 to train engineers in the field of artillery and small arms development and production.

In April 2000 its rector, Yuri Savel'ev (Yuri P. Savelyev), was alleged by the United States to have violated Russian export controls and attempted to export goods or services that could contribute to missiles capable of delivering weapons of mass destruction; reportedly, Savelyev arranged a deal in 1999 with the K. N. Toosi University of Technology to train Iranian graduate students in metallurgy, gas and fluid dynamics in high-temperature and pressure conditions; reportedly, in 1998 and 1999 Savelyev arranged deals with the Tehran University of Technology to train Iranian students; Savelyev had reportedly begun the training program for Iranian undergraduates in 1996, after meeting rocket experts from Iran's Ministry of Defense; in February 2000, Savelyev was reportedly ordered by the Russian government to close the training program, which took place in both Russia and Iran, following an investigation by Russia's Federal Service for Currency and Export Control that reportedly concluded that BSTU was transferring expertise that could be used in Iran's missile program; Savelyev reportedly claimed that Russia had approved the program after removing courses in fuse technology, antitank rocket design and ignition and explosives.