ARIASA, AG

Weapon Program: 

  • Military

Address: 

- P.O. Box 15875-6663, Tehran, Iran
- North Sohrevardi St., IR 15686 Tehran, Iran
- No. 93 Shahid Goodarzi (Andishe 6th), North Sohrevardi St., Tehran, 15686

An Iranian business allegedly "operated, at least in part, for the purpose of procuring U.S.-origin aircraft parts for shipment to Iran," and of which Hossein Ali Khoshnevisrad is allegedly general manager; targeted, along with Khoshnevisrad, by a criminal complaint filed in August 2008 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia; charged with two counts of unlawfully exporting U.S. goods to Iran and two counts of conspiracy to unlawfully export goods to Iran in violation of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and the Iranian Transactions Regulations; from January 2007 to December 2007, allegedly caused an Irish trading company (Mac Aviation Group) to purchase several model 250 turbo-shaft helicopter engines, originally designed for a U.S. Army light observation helicopter, and then export the engines to Iran via Malaysia; among the alleged recipients of the helicopter engines in Iran was Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company (HESA); in 2006, allegedly caused a Dutch aviation parts company to export, from the United States to Iran, several aerial panorama cameras, designed for the U.S. Air Force for use on bombers, fighters and surveillance aircraft, some of which are currently used by the Iranian military.

Mentioned Suspect Entities & Suppliers: 

Date Entered: 

June 30, 2009

Date Last Modified: 

June 30, 2009