Featured Iranian Entities
This page contains profiles of Iranian entities researched and written by the Wisconsin Project. These entities - persons, companies, institutes, government agencies - are thought to be contributing to Iran's nuclear, chemical, or biological weapon capabilities or to its missiles or advanced conventional weapon programs. Many of the entities have been explicitly identified by governments as contributing to these programs.
The entities on this page are those the Wisconsin Project has chosen to feature. For a full list of entities on Iran Watch, see the "Alphabetical List of Iranian Entities."
The Wisconsin Project believes this information to be reliable; however, the Wisconsin Project does not guarantee full accuracy or completeness. The Wisconsin Project invites comment on this information that could aid in presenting a full and accurate picture of the entity described.
Iran-based charitable foundation controlled by Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and responsible for overseeing the Imam Reza Shrine in Mashhad, Iran; has reportedly invested in the production of materials for use in ballistic missile propellant.
Missile, Military
An Iranian company that designs and manufactures air-breathing engines, including jet engines; lists production, testing, and reverse engineering among its services.Produces the TJ-HP1 and TJ-HP4 turbojet engines; designed the country's first ramjet engine, RJ-HP1, which was displayed to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in November 2019.Company officials include Hossein Pourfarzaneh (chief engineer).Established in 2016.
Nuclear, Missile, Chemical, Biological, Military, Drone
A public Iranian university; faculty have conducted research relevant to nuclear weapons, missiles, and drones.
Drone
A procurement agent for Rayan Roshd Afzar Company, a firm that appears on the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list maintained by the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) for providing equipment and services to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC); has procured goods from China on behalf of Rayan Roshd Afzar Company, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Missile
An Iran-based company affiliated with the Defense Industries Organization (DIO); has acted on behalf of Parchin Chemical Industries (PCI) as a key intermediary to procure parts that are used to develop missile propellant, according to the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
Has assisted the DIO with civilian and military projects; on behalf of PCI, served as the recipient of hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of centrifuge spare parts used in the production of ballistic missile propellant from China-based suppliers, according to the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
Missile
An Iran-based company specializing in medical equipment and pharmaceutical products; according to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, used by Mohammad Ali Hosseini to procure ballistic missile propellant and related materials in support of Iran's missile program.
Missile
An Iran-based company specializing in medicinal plants and the supply of raw materials for cosmetics, food, and pharmaceuticals; used by Mohammad Ali Hosseini to procure ballistic missile propellant and related materials in support of Iran's missile program, according to the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
Missile
An Iranian procurement agent; according to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, has used a network of companies, including Jestar Sanat Delijan and Sina Composite Delijan Company, to procure ballistic missile propellant and related materials in support of Iran's missile program.
Missile
An Iran-based company specializing in insulation and waterproofing; controlled by Mohammad Ali Hosseini, whom the U.S. Department of the Treasury has identified as a procurement agent for Iran's missile program.
Nuclear, Missile
An Iranian university system; faculty members have collaborated with Iranian government agencies to carry out research relevant to Iran's nuclear and missile programs.
Nuclear, Drone
Manufactures uranium enrichment centrifuge parts; operates an assembly complex at Natanz; involved in the production of IR-1 and IR-2M centrifuges. Added to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list maintained by the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on November 21, 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; listed by the European Union on July 26, 2010 as an entity linked to...
Nuclear
A facility used by Iran to convert uranium hexafluoride (UF6) into triuranium octoxide (U3O8, or "yellowcake") and to produce fuel plates containing U3O8 for the Tehran Research Reactor (TRR).Established to take over some activities previously performed by the Fuel Manufacturing Plant (FMP) and the Uranium Conversion Facility (UCF); reportedly housed within the Isfahan Nuclear Technology Center (ENTC).
Missile
An official in the Aerospace Industries Organization (AIO); has served as director of Shahid Haj Ali Movahed Research Center (a.k.a. Shahid Movahed Industries), an entity subordinate to Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group (SHIG).
Missile
A subsidiary of Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group (SHIG), an entity subordinate to the Aerospace Industries Organization (AIO) and responsible for Iran's liquid-fueled ballistic missile programs; according to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, has played a key role in missile cooperation between Iran and North Korea.
A joint venture between Bonyad Mostazafan and Iran Electronics Industries (IEI), a company subordinate to the Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL).
Nuclear, Military
Major Iranian steel production company; according to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the largest steel maker in the Middle East and North Africa and the largest direct reduced iron producer in the world; produces more than 50 percent of Iran's steel in all major markets.
Military
Annual output is estimated at 30,000 tons of steel for use in defense, aircraft, shipbuilding and heavy machinery; inaugurated in August 1996.
Military
Has concealed financial transfers for military purchases on behalf of the Iranian Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL).
Military
Iran's sovereign wealth fund; invests in agriculture, the foreign exchange market, industry, mining, transportation, the nonprofit sector, tourism, and the water industry; has provided foreign currency and other forms of funding to the Iranian Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL) and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force; has reportedly cooperated with Ba
Military, Drone
Oversees Iran's military aviation activities; linked to the Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL).
Listed by the European Union on March 23, 2012 as an entity linked to Iran's proliferation-sensitive nuclear activities or Iran's development of nuclear weapon delivery systems; with some exceptions, European Union member states must freeze all funds and economic resources owned, held or controlled by the listed entity, and prevent funds or economic resources from being made available to it; added to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list maintained by the U.S. Treasury...
Nuclear
A gas centrifuge plant for the enrichment of uranium hexafluoride (UF6) developed and managed by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI).Part of the Amad Plan, a covert Iranian program to develop nuclear weapons, according to the Israeli government; originally designed to contain up to 2,976 gas centrifuges in 16 cascades divided between two units.
Nuclear
Involved in a conspiracy to illegally export Canadian- and U.S.-origin computer numerical control (CNC) machines with nuclear applications to Iran.
Missile, Military
Iran's national maritime carrier; has transported prohibited military-related cargo and facilitated shipments on behalf of and destined for Iran's Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL) and MODAFL subordinates.
Nuclear, Missile
Involved in a conspiracy to illegally export U.S.-origin carbon fiber with missile, aerospace, and nuclear applications to Iran.
Nuclear, Missile, Chemical, Biological, Military
Iran’s defense ministry; responsible for defense research, development, and manufacturing, including support for Iran’s missile and nuclear programs.