Also Known As:
Khorasan Ammunition and Metallurgy Industries
Khorasan Metalogy Industries
Sanaye Metologie Iran
The Metallurgy Industries of Khorasan
Metalogy Industry of Khorasan
Weapon Program:
- Nuclear
- Military
Address:
- Khalay Road, Seyeden Street, Mashad
- P.O. Box 91735-549, Mashad, Iran
- Kahlaj Road, End of Seyedi Street, Mashad, Iran
Phone:
+98 511 385300
Subsidiary of the Ammunition Industries Group (AMIG), an affiliate of Iran's Ministry of Defence Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL); designated by the U.S. Department of the Treasury as an entity controlled by the Defense Industries Organization (DIO); involved in the production of centrifuge components, according to the U.N. Security Council.
Identified by the U.S. Department of the Treasury as an end-user of maraging steel shipments provided by Karl Lee (Li Fangwei) and front companies affiliated with LIMMT Economic and Trade Company (LIMMT); allegedly was provided with weapons-usable materials by Li Fang Wei and LIMMT, which were indicted on April 7, 2009, by the District Attorney's Office of New York County on charges relating to the misuse of Manhattan banks and the proliferation of illicit missile and nuclear technology to Iran.
Claims to manufacture cutting tools.
In 2008, had the same agent and shared the same address, telephone number, and fax number as Amin Industrial Complex; shares an address with Kaveh Cutting Tools; reportedly shares an address with Samen Computer Service Center.
Sanctions
Designated by the U.N. Security Council on March 3, 2008, pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006), as an entity involved in or supporting Iran's proliferation-sensitive nuclear activities or development of nuclear weapon delivery systems; with some exceptions, the designation requires states to freeze assets that are owned or controlled by the entity, directly or indirectly, and to ensure that assets are not made available to the entity.
Previously removed from the U.N. list on October 18, 2023, following the expiration of targeted sanctions on Iran; returned to the U.N. list on September 28, 2025, as part of the reimposition of sanctions on Iran.
Listed by the European Union on March 12, 2008, as an entity linked to Iran's proliferation-sensitive nuclear activities or Iran's development of nuclear weapon delivery systems; with some exceptions, E.U. member states must freeze assets owned or controlled by the entity, directly or indirectly, and prevent assets from being made available to it.
Added on April 7, 2009, 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 (WMDs) and their delivery systems; also subject to the Iranian Financial Sanctions Regulations, which restrict 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.
Sanctioned by the governments of Australia, Canada, Japan, and the United Kingdom, restricting business and financial transactions with the entity and/or freezing its assets in those countries.
Listed by the Japanese government in 2025 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.
