A front company for the Organization of Defensive Innovation and Research (SPND), which according to the U.S. Department of State is the direct successor to Iran's pre-2004 nuclear weapon program; facilitated the travel of Iranian nuclear experts to Russia to procure dual-use technologies and expertise applicable in nuclear weapon development.

Reportedly used by Ali Kalvand to organize a delegation led by Kalvand that traveled to Russia in August 2024 to "discuss and agree on technical and production aspects of electronic device development" and general scientific cooperation; the delegation reportedly visited Tekhnoekspert, a Russian company co-located with the state-controlled Polyus Research Institute and owned by Russian vacuum technology expert Oleg Maslennikov, and Toriy, a research facility located near the Polyus Research Institute campus; the delegation reportedly sought to learn about or acquire multi-beam klystrons (specialized vacuum tubes) for flash x-ray systems.

Members of the delegation, who posed as DamavandTec employees, reportedly included:

• Javad Ghasemi, the CEO of Iranian company Imen Gostar Raman Kish and former CEO of Paradise Medical Pioneers
• Rouhollah Azimirad, a senior SPND scientist and Malek Ashtar University of Technology professor with expertise in radiation testing
• Soroush Mohtashami, an expert on neutron generators affiliated with Amirkabir University of Technology

Reportedly sought the radioactive isotopes tritium, Strontium-90, and Nickel-63 from Russia-based company Ritverc in May 2024.

Claims its purpose is to connect Iranian universities and research institutions with foreign counterparts; focuses on partnerships in Russia and other countries of the former Soviet Union; permitted by the Iranian government to transfer technology and offer technical, engineering, and information technology (IT) services.

Company officials have included:

• Ali Kalvand (managing director and member of the board of directors)
• Ali Bakouei (chairman of the board of directors)
• Eshaq Bakouei (deputy chairman of the board of directors)
• Laleh Heshmati (principal inspector), who is also the chairwoman of MKS International Co. Ltd.
• Etiyeh Sukhaei (alternate inspector)

National ID number (Iran) is 14012482516; registration number (Iran) is 616779.

Established on August 13, 2023.

Sanctions

Designated by the U.S. Department of State on October 1, 2025, pursuant to Executive Order 13382, which targets proliferators of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and their delivery systems; added on October 1, 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; 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.