Listed by the European Union on May 23, 2011 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; "involved in procurement of components for Iranian nuclear programme," according to the European Union; products include centrifuges, rotary vacuum evaporators, laboratory freeze dryers, spectrophotometers, atomic absorption spectrophotometers, and fluorescence spectrometry equipment; marketing director is reportedly Bahram Aran; affiliated with Aran Modern Devices (AMD); reportedly has sought to purchase thermal imaging cameras; established in 2003.