Mellat Bank SB CJSC

Also Known As: 

Mellat Bank DB AOZT
Mellat Bank CJSC
Mellat Bank Yerevan
Bank Mellat Yerevan CJSC

Weapon Program: 

  • Military

Address: 

P.O. Box 24, Yerevan, Armenia
Yerevan, Amiryan 6, 375010 Armenia
#6 Amiryan Str., Yerevan, Republic of Armenia
P.O. Box 375010 P/N 24, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia
P.O. Box 24, Yerevan 0010, Republic of Armenia
Amiryan Street 6, 375010 Yerevan, Armenia
6 Amiryan St., Yerevan 0010, Armenia

Phone: 

00374-10-581791, (+374 10) 581354, (+374 10) 581523, (+374 10) 581394

Fax: 

00374-10-540885, +374 1 151811

E-Mail: 

Entity Web Site: 

www.mellatbank.am

An Armenia-based subsidiary of Iran's Bank Mellat.

SWIFT Code is BKMTAM22; reportedly holds license N78 of the Central Bank of the Republic of Armenia; officials have included Mr. Mohammad Bagher Bagheri (general manager), and Seyed GholamReza Mousavi (deputy general manager); reportedly established in 1995.

Sanctions

As part of the re-imposition of U.S. sanctions on Iran, added on November 5, 2018 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 13224, which targets terrorists and those providing support to terrorists or acts of terrorism; foreign parties facilitating transactions for the entity or otherwise assisting the entity are 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.

Previously added to the SDN list on October 25, 2007, pursuant to Executive Order 13382, which targets proliferators of weapons of mass destruction and their delivery systems; removed from the SDN list in January 2016 as part of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.

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 January 2016 as part of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.

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: 

August 27, 2008

Date Last Modified: 

December 10, 2018