Electronics

BÖWE SYSTEC lists IDEA TEC PARMIS LLC as its direct contact in Tehran, Iran its company website. 

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As of August 27, 2019, Boewe Systec is listed on the Illinois Investment Policy Board Iran Restricted Companies list. 

On the official website of Zist Tajhiz Pooyesh Company, Kimo Instruments is mentioned as their official business partner. Zist Tajhiz Pooyesh Company is added on February 3, 2017 to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list maintained by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) for supplying goods to Mabrooka Trading, which procures items for Iran-based Navid Composite, a subsidiary of U.N.-sanctioned Sanam Industries Group;

On the official website of Zist Tajhiz Pooyesh Company, Westech is mentioned as their official business partner. Zist Tajhiz Pooyesh Company is added on February 3, 2017 to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list maintained by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) for supplying goods to Mabrooka Trading, which procures items for Iran-based Navid Composite, a subsidiary of U.N.-sanctioned Sanam Industries Group;

According to the U.S. Commerce Department, attempted to procure U.S.-origin commodities that would provide material support to Iran’s weapons of mass destruction and military programs; (5/14/2019).

According to the U.S. Commerce Department, attempted to procure U.S.-origin commodities that would provide material support to Iran’s weapons of mass destruction and military programs;

CBM, founded since 2012, focuses on providing the best products and solutions for the offshore industry. Our world-leading products and services comprise of buoyancy materials, cable and flexible pipe protection equipment, and offshore engineering design and analysis. Certified by Bureau Veritas for ISO9001, CBM offers quality-assured products and services with a cutting-edge manufacturing facility and quality management system. Staffed with highly educated and experienced scientists and engineers, CBM is always pushing the boundaries of the technologies in the related fields. Innovation is at the core of CBM’s values; (5/14/2019). 

During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2017, Minebea Intec GmbH and Minebea Intec Bovenden GmbH & Co. KG, both majority-owned subsidiaries of MINEBEA MITSUMI, sold measurement equipment, such as weighing cells, to both two joint venture companies involving the Iranian Ministry of Petroleum and/or the National Petrochemical Company of Iran, as well as four other Iranian petrochemical companies, in each case in the ordinary course of business. The revenue from the transactions with the two joint venture companies for the fiscal year were 1,000 Euro and 24,000 Euro, respectively. The revenue from the transactions with the four other Iranian petrochemical companies for the fiscal year were 62,000 Euro, 6,000 Euro, 4,000 Euro and 3,000 Euro, respectively. Altogether, these transactions contributed an insignificant amount in net profits to MINEBEA MITSUMI. MINEBEA MITSUMI believes that the above transactions do not subject it or its affiliates to U.S. sanctions. Minebea Intec GmbH and Minebea Intec Bovenden GmbH & Co. KG do not currently intend to cease selling the products described above to the above entities.

Lists Electro Pouya in Tehran, Iran as its exclusive distributor.

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Ghibaudi Mario S.r.l. (“Ghibaudi Mario”) is listed as a participant in the 12th Auto Parts International Fair 2017 (“IAP Fair”), which took place in Tehran, Iran on November 13-16, 2017. (IDRO Fairs Website, “IAPEX 2017 – List of International Participants”). 

AMEL has no commercial ties with the sanction-designated Iranian entity, Ervin Danesh Aryan Company. 

ColisExpat is a French company that connects Iranians with Amazon services, potentially allowing Amazon to circumvent US sanctions. According to its website, "ColisExpat receives your Amazon purchases and forwards them at your house in Iran."

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The sanctioned entities reportedly got around Amazon’s screening process by using common alternative spellings of a sanctioned region like spelling Crimea as Krimea or by shipping items to the foreign missions of the sanctioned nations like Iran. Last year Apple paid around $467,000 to settle similar allegations that it violated U.S. sanctions by doing business with a blacklisted entity for more than two years because the company’s screening tool failed to account for differences in punctuation and letter cases. (Forbes, "Amazon Agrees To Pay $135,000 In Settlement For Violating U.S. Sanctions," 7/10/2020).

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"In early August, Iranians took to Twitter to report that they had received emails from Amazon Web Services (AWS) informing them that their accounts had been disabled in compliance with United States government sanctions and export control regulations." (Al Jazeera, "Locked Out: Why is Amazon blocking Iranians from its services?" 10/2/2019). 

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"Amazon has become the latest major American technology company to block Iranians from accessing its products and services due to U.S. government sanctions that prohibit companies from providing products or services to people based in Iran. Iranian developers who are now banned from using Amazon Web Service (AWS), which offers the worlds most extensive cloud computing platforms, will feel the greatest impact, as well as those who use those developers’ websites, services and products including virtual private networks (VPNs) that enable users to circumvent online censorship." (Center for Human Rights in Iran, "More Iranians Forced to Rely on Unsafe Online Hosting After Amazon Ban," 8/7/2019).

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In July 2017 Amazon disclosed the government probe in documents filed with the SEC. The company said that between Jan 2012 and June 2017 it sold and delivered nearly $25,000 worth of merchandise to an Iranian embassy outside of Iran, and another $8,100 to other individuals with ties to the Iranian government, according to the filing.

The products it sold included books, jewelry, toys, health and beauty products, electronics, lawn and patio equipment, and musical instruments

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"Amazon.com Inc. on Friday disclosed Iranian business ties that may have violated U.S. sanctions, warning that it may be penalized after a regulatory review of the activities. The company said in a regulatory filing that from 2012 to 2016 it "processed and delivered orders of consumer products for certain individuals and entities located outside Iran covered by the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act (ITRA)"... Amazon said Friday it sold a variety of consumer products to individuals and unspecified groups controlled or owned by the Iranian government. The goods ranged from apparel to software to pet products and cost $50 to about $2,400, according to the filing. Amazon said it doesn't plan to sell to these accounts in the future." (Bloomberg,  "Amazon Discloses Iranian Business Ties, Warms of Penalities," 2/10/2017).

Representatives of French firms were in Tehran for a three-day visit ending Wednesday to offer solutions in the fields of aerospace maintenance and airport infrastructure, and explore business opportunities in talks with major Iranian airlines, suppliers and MRO companies. The mission included representatives of firms active in maintenance, repair and operations, manufacture of parts and equipment, airport security, aeronautics and ground support equipment, namely Aerotech Pro, Dedienne Aerospace, Laselec, LOGYX, PGA Electronic, Reel, Techman Head and Toulouse Air Spares. The mission visited officials of Iran Air, Aseman Airlines, Civil Aviation Organization of Iran, Iranian Aviation and Space Association, and Payam Cargo Airport and Special Economic Zone. In a telephone interview with the Financial Tribune, Eric Le Devehat, sales manager at Techman-Head, said the aim of the visit was to “renew the relationship the company had with Iranian airlines before the sanctions”. (Financial Tribune, "French Aviation Firms Gauge Iran Opportunities," 12/10/2016).