Javedan Mehr Toos

Also Known As: 

JMT

Weapon Program: 

  • Nuclear

Address: 

Tehran, Iran

Added to the Specially Designated National (SDN) list maintained by the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on June 16, 2010, 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; designated for acting as a procurement broker on behalf of Kalaye Electric Company; 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; 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; according to the European Union, procures for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran; sanctioned in 2010 by the governments of Australia and Japan, restricting business and financial transactions with the entity and/or freezing its assets in those countries; listed by the British government in 2010 as an entity of potential concern for WMD-related procurement.

According to the U.S. Treasury Department, "has been sought out by Kalaye Electric Company to obtain a variety of nuclear-related equipment on the international market, including magnets which can be used in centrifuges," and, in 2010, obtained valves and vacuum gauges that could be used in Iran's uranium enrichment program, reportedly from Zhejiang Ouhai Trade Corp.

Mentioned Suspect Entities & Suppliers: 

Date Entered: 

January 3, 2011

Date Last Modified: 

January 3, 2011