Iranian Entity: Ammunition Industries Group (AMIG)

Entity Name:

Ammunition Industries Group (AMIG)

Also Known As:

Ammunition and Metallurgy Industries Group
AMIG
Ammunition and Metallurgy Industry Group
Teheran Ammunition Industries
Sanaye Mohematsazi
Ammunition Group

Program:

Chemical/Biological/Military

Address:

Pasdaran Street, P.O. Box 16765-1835, Tehran
Department 145-42, P.O. Box 16765-128, Tehran
Moghan Avenue, Pasdaran Street, Tehran

Phone Number:

+0098 21-256-2580, +0098 21-254-2189;

Fax:

+0098 21-255-3575

URL:

www.iramig.ir

E-Mail:

export@iramig.ir

Text:

Listed by the Japanese government in 2007 as an entity of concern for proliferation related to nuclear weapons; listed by the British government in 2007 as an entity of potential concern for WMD-related procurement; listed in an annex to U.N. Security Council Resolution 1747 of March 24, 2007, as an entity involved in Iran's nuclear or ballistic missile activities; with some exceptions, the U.N. designation requires states to freeze the financial assets on their territories which are owned or controlled by the entity, by its agents, or by entities it controls; the U.N. designation also requires states to ensure that funds, financial assets or economic resources are prevented from being made available by their nationals or by any persons or entities within their territories, to or for the benefit of the entity; listed by the German government in 2005 as a risky end-user in warnings supplied to industry; the German government urged caution when initiating commercial dealings with this entity, and suggested that all purchases by this entity must be assumed to serve military aims unless the contrary can be shown by specific and verifiable means; identified by the British government in February 1998 as having procured goods and/or technology for weapons of mass destruction programs (specifically chemical), in "addition to doing non-proliferation related business;" the largest industrial group of the Defense Industries Organization (DIO - see separate entity record); products include ammunition, mortar bombs, pyrotechnics, anti-tank and sea mines, hand grenades, detonators, brass materials, cutting tools, industrial valves, perforating charges for the oil industry and other industrial parts; comprised of ten subsidiaries, including Shahid Shiroudi Industries, Shahid Sattari Industries, Shahid Sayyad Shirazi Industries, Parchin Ammunition Industries, the 7th of Tir Industries Complex, Yazd Metallurgy Industries, Khorasan Metallurgy Industries, and Isfahan Ammunition Industries (see separate entity records).

Date Entered:

1/26/2004

Date Last Modified:

10/18/2007