Iranian Entity: Special Industries Group (MIDSPCIG)
| Entity Name: |
| Special Industries Group (MIDSPCIG) |
| Also Known As: |
| Ministry of Defense Special Industries Group Special Industries Organization (SIO) Special Industrial Groups of the Ministry of Defense Organization of Special Industries Special Group SIG Ministry of Defense Special Industries Organization Ministry of Defense Special Industrial Groups Department 154 Special Industries Section Special Industries Division Special Industry Group Special Industries Organization of Special Industry Special Chemical, Biological and Nuclear Industries MIDSPGIC Co. |
| Program: |
| Nuclear, Biological, Chemical, Military |
| Address: |
| - North Felestine Avenue, Tehran - Pasdaran Avenue, Tehran, Iran - P.O. Box 19585/777, Tehran, Iran - Zartosht Street, Tehran |
| Text: |
| A subsidiary of the Iran's Defense Industries Organization (DIO - see separate entity record); listed by the European Union on April 24, 2007, as an entity linked to Iran's proliferation-sensitive nuclear activities or Iran's development of nuclear weapon delivery systems; with some exceptions, and within their jurisdiction, European Union member states must freeze all funds and economic resources owned, held or controlled by the listed entity, and must also ensure that funds or economic resources are not made available to or for the benefit of the listed entity; listed as an entity of concern for military procurement activities in an early warning document distributed by the German government to industry in July 2005; 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.
Produces military products; produces nuclear, biological and chemical protection gear and decontamination products; according to the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), actively attempts to obtain technology for production of nuclear weapons; reportedly the branch of the DIO responsible for chemical weapons; reportedly has a 100 liter fermenter and works on biological weapons; according to the NCRI, has a Biological Research Center; Bonyad e-Mostazafan Foundation (see separate entity record) reportedly finances the group's foreign procurement efforts; according to the NCRI, leaders have included: Revolutionary Guard Brigadier General Farmanesh and Brigadier General Seyyedi; according to the NCRI, Dr. Ali Pazirandeh, a nuclear physics professor at Tehran University (see separate entity record), cooperates with the group; has five subsidiaries; according to the NCRI, has a chemical and biological laboratory named Vira (reportedly re-named Sina Industry - see separate entity record), and a chemical material storage site named Shahid Meisam; according to the NCRI, cooperates on biological weapons work with: Milad Industry in Mard-Abad, Be'ethat Industry and Shahid Salehi Industry in Qom, Sard-Shimi Industry (or Sard Chemical Industry) in Shiraz, Raja-Shimi Industry in Malard, Shahid Meysami Industry near Karaj, and Valasr Industry in Tehran; reportedly set up in 1993 by then-President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. |
| Date Entered: |
| 1/26/2004 |
| Date Last Modified: |
| 3/17/2010 |