Iranian Entity: TAMAS Company

Involved in uranium enrichment-related activities; oversees four subsidiaries, including one responsible for uranium extraction to concentration and a second in charge of uranium processing, enrichment and waste.

Listed by the Japanese government in 2008 as an entity of concern for proliferation relating to nuclear weapons; listed by the British government in 2008 as an entity of potential concern for WMD-related procurement; on July 8, 2008, added to the Specially Designated National (SDN) list maintained by the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), 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; listed in an annex to U.N. Security Council Resolution 1803 of March 3, 2008, because of links to Iran's proliferation sensitive nuclear activities or development of nuclear weapon delivery systems; with some exceptions, the designation requires states to freeze financial assets on their territories which are owned or controlled by the entity, by its agents, by entities it owns or controls, or by entities determined by the Security Council to have assisted the designated entity in evading sanctions; the designation also requires states to ensure that any 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 listed entity; listed by the European Union on April 24, 2007 and on March 12, 2008 (pursuant to U.N. Security Council resolution 1803) as an entity whose funds and economic resources, and those it owns, holds or controls, must be frozen by E.U. member states, with some exceptions, and within their jurisdiction; E.U. member states must also ensure that funds or economic resources are not made available to or for the benefit of the listed entity.