Controlled by the Ammunition Industries Group (AMIG) and subordinate of Defense Industries Organization (DIO); listed in an annex to U.N. Security Council resolution 1737 of December 23, 2006, as an entity "widely recognized" as being involved in Iran's proliferation-sensitive nuclear activities; 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, or by entities it owns or controls; added on July 8, 2008 to the Specially Designated Nationals (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 by the European Union on April 20, 2007, 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; sanctioned by the governments of Switzerland and Norway, restricting business and financial transactions with the entity and/or freezing its assets in those countries; listed by the Japanese government in 2011 as an entity of concern for proliferation relating to nuclear weapons; listed by the British government in 2011 as an entity of potential concern for WMD-related procurement. Connected to Iran's centrifuge program; involved in weapons procurement transactions; linked to a shipment of arms and explosives destined for Syria and seized by Turkish officials in February 2011; produces mortar bombs and fuses; reportedly opened in February 2006 a new production line for munition primers; products include epoxy powder coating, industrial valves, and automobile parts; capabilities include forging, machining, heat treatment, surface coating, nickel electrolysis, manufacturing control gauges, laboratory services including ferrous and non-ferrous metals analysis, and manufacturing aluminum parts by die casting; reportedly part of a group of companies for which Mostafa Mohammad Najjar served as a director; company officials include Seyyed Hassan Moosavi, Abolghasem Kaykhai, and Saeed Badihi; established in 1986.