Also Known As:
Control Afzar Tabriz Company
CAT
شرکت کنترل افزار تبريز
Weapon Program:
- Drone
- Military
Related Country:
- China
- Hong Kong
- Japan
- Taiwan
- Turkey
Address:
No. 66, The End of Asia Street 4, Foreign Investment Town, Tabriz Road, Sufian, Tabriz, Iran
Unit 2, 3rd Floor, Valiasr Commercial Complex, Ghanoun Street, Valiasr Town, Tabriz, Iran
West Unit, Second Floor, No. 247, Beginning of Marzdaran, Ashrafi Isfahani Boulevard, Tehran, Iran
Phone:
04132466250
02144267525
0413-2466299
0413-2466301
E-Mail:
Entity Web Site:
www.controlafzar.com
An Iran-based company; according to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, has procured computer numerical control (CNC) machines and equipment for Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industries (HESA), an entity subordinate to Iran's Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL) that manufactures military aircraft and Ababil‑series unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs); Ababil-series drones have been used by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
According to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, has used Taiwan-based companies Mecatron Machinery Co Ltd and Joemars Machinery and Electric Industrial Co Ltd to ship CNC machines and equipment to Iran; has used Hong Kong-based company Clifton Trading Limited as an alternative consignee and intermediary for procurements on behalf of HESA.
Produces CNC machines, including surface grinding machines, laser cutting and welding machines, milling machines, and lathes; claims to manufacture CNC machines using Japanese parts.
Services include technical support, technical staff training, and spare parts supply.
Has a factory in Tabriz and a sales office in Tehran; as of 2016, maintained an office in Istanbul, Turkey.
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is Javad Alizadeh Hoshyar.
National ID number (Iran) is 10200172180; registration number (Iran) is 11374 or 1324; chamber of commerce number (Iran) is 18103377.
Established on December 12, 2000.
Sanctions
Added on July 31, 2025, 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; also subject to the Iranian Financial Sanctions Regulations, which restricts the use of the U.S. financial system for transactions involving Iranian entities.
Foreign parties facilitating transactions for the entity or otherwise assisting the entity may be subject to U.S. sanctions; foreign financial institutions facilitating transactions for the entity may be prohibited from opening or maintaining correspondent or payable-through accounts in the United States; subject to heightened U.S. export license requirements (with a presumption of denial) due to involvement in activities related to WMD proliferation.

