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US sanctions imposed today on Iran's Defence Industries Organisation
30 March 2007

The Office of Foreign Assets Control, or OFAC, has today given Iran's Defence Industries Organisation an SDN designation, for Non-Proliferation Treaty violations, regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction. DIO is a conglomerate, containing several state-owned/state-run companies that provide Iran with military manufacturing capability, and also supply technical assistance.

Defence Industries Organisation [UID 134782], which first appeared in World-Check in 2002, is also known as:

  • Defense Industries Organization
  • DIO
  • Saseman Sanaje Defa
  • Sazemane Sanaye Defa
  • Saadja

Its English website is: http://www.diomil.ir/en/home.asp

 

 

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