Fulmen Group

Weapon Program: 

  • Nuclear

Address: 

167, Darya Blvd., Saadat Abad, 1466983565 Tehran, Iran

Phone: 

(98) 21-8836-9509 - 13

Fax: 

(98) 21-8836-6019

E-Mail: 

Entity Web Site: 

www.fulmengroup.com

One of the largest private Iranian power transmission and distribution groups; involved in procurement for Iran's uranium enrichment facilities.

Helped install electrical equipment for the Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant near Qom during its undeclared construction period from 2006 to 2008; cooperated with Kalaye Electric on the construction of the Natanz uranium enrichment plant; maintains Arya Niroo Nik as a front company.

Consists of Fulmen CompanyPars TableauMehrabad Industrial CompanyTehran Padena Co., Panir (Palayesh Niroo), Faranir, Eurelecs, and Fulmen Civil; manufactures, designs and installs sub-stations and equipment; company officials include Fereidoun Mahmoudian and Hassan Shobeiri.

On November 28, 2013, the Court of Justice of the European Union affirmed a lower court's judgment annulling the restrictive measures against Fulmen because the Council of the European Union had not provided evidence that Fulmen had been active at the Qom/Fordow site; the Court of Justice rejected the argument by the Council of the European Union that the secrecy or confidentiality of the available evidence against Fulmen justified not disclosing that evidence to the Court.

Appears on the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list as the same entity as Fulmen Company.

Established in 1975.

Sanctions

Listed by the European Union on July 26, 2010 as an entity linked to Iran's proliferation-sensitive nuclear activities or Iran's development of nuclear weapon delivery systems; removed from the E.U. list in 2013.

Designated by the U.S. Department of State on November 21, 2011, pursuant to Executive Order 13382, which targets proliferators of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and their delivery systems; added on November 21, 2011, 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; foreign parties facilitating transactions for the entity or otherwise assisting the entity may be subject to U.S. sanctions; also subject to the Iranian Financial Sanctions Regulations; foreign financial institutions facilitating transactions for the entity may be prohibited from opening or maintaining correspondent or payable-through accounts in the United States.

Sanctioned by the governments of Australia and Canada, restricting business and financial transactions with the entity and/or freezing its assets in those countries.

Listed by the Japanese government in 2023 as an entity of concern for proliferation relating to nuclear weapons.

Listed by the British government in 2015 as an entity of potential concern for WMD-related procurement, but removed in 2017 after the U.K. withdrew its Iran list.

Mentioned Suspect Entities & Suppliers: 

Date Entered: 

January 1, 2009

Date Last Modified: 

March 25, 2024