Supplier: Multimat Import and Export

Exporting Country:

Turkey

Company/Individual:

Multimat Import and Export

Also Known As:

Multimat Trading Company
Multimat Iç ve Dis Ticaret Limited Sirketi
Multimat Ic Ve Dis Tic. Paz. Ltd. Sti.
Multimat Ltd.
Multimat Ic Ve Dis Ticaret Pazarlama Limited Sirketi
Multimat Domestic and Foreign Trade Marketing Ltd.
Multimat Tehran

Program:

Missile

Date of Iran-related Activity:

2004

Address:

- Feneryolu Bagdat Cad. Burc Apt. No. 117, Istanbul, Turkey
- Bagdat Caddesi, Burc Sitesi, Number 117 A Blok D.2, Feneryolu - Kadkoy, Istanbul, Turkey
- Number 39, Alvand St., 1st Floor, Argentine Square, Tehran, Iran

Phone Number:

90-216-3646945

Fax:

90-216-3640997

Text:

Added to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list maintained by the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on February 1, 2011, 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; one of several companies in Turkey and Iran involved in a procurement network "providing direct support to Iran's missile program," according to the U.S. Treasury Department; also designated for involvement in the procurement network were Milad Jafari (see separate entity record), Mohammad Javad Jafari, Mahin Falsafi (who allegedly operates the network's bank accounts at the Export Development Bank of Iran - see separate entity record), Mani Jafari, Turkish nationals Muammer Kuntay Duransoy and Cagri Duransoy, and the companies Macpar Makina San Ve Ticaret A.S. (Macpar), STEP A.S. (Step Standard Technical Part - see separate entity record), Carvana Company, and Machine Pardazan Company; linked to transactions with front companies for Sanam Industrial Group and Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group (SHIG - see separate entity records).

According to media citations of a Turkish customs inspectors' report issued on May 12, 2006, was involved (together with Step Standard Technical Part) in shipping dual-use materials, including aluminum, steel and iron products and electronic equipment, to Iran; allegedly participated in falsely listing Turkey as the destination of the materials acquired from abroad; reportedly purchased parts from the American All Nations Biz Inc Company and U.S. origin goods from the Netherlands Fluke Company, and sent them on to Iran; reportedly participated in purchasing gyros from France and transferring them directly to Iran in 2004.

Reportedly set up by the owners of Step Standard Technical Part: Iranian nationals Mohammad Javad Jafari (Mohammed Javad Jegari) and Mahin Falsafi; shares an address in Iran with Carvana Company and Machine Pardazan Company; V.A.T. Number: Goztepe V.D. 823 026 0248 (Turkey).

Date Entered:

10/18/2007

Date Last Modified:

4/29/2011