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DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE RESEARCH CENTER

Aliases

DTSRC; INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH; MOASSESE AMOZESH VA TAHGHIGHATI; MAVT CO.

Address

Pasdaran Avenue, P.O. Box 19585/777, Tehran, Iran

Official reason

The Iran-based Defense Technology and Science Research Center (DTSRC) is majority-owned by, and subordinate to, MODAFL. Previously sanctioned by the European Union (EU), the DTSRC falls within MODAFL’s Defense Industries Organization (DIO) and conducts defense-related procurement and research and development. DIO was designated pursuant to E.O. 133...

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1355

Date of listing

2023-03-21

Program information

Authority

US

Program

Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 544

Regime

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Target State

Non-Proliferation

Measures

Blocking Property

Official Information

On April 13, 2009, OFAC issued the Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 544 (74 FR 16771, April 13, 2009) (the “Regulations”), to implement Executive Order (E.O.) 13382 of June 28, 2005, “Blocking Property of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators and Their Supporters” (70 FR 38567, July 1, 2005)

Additional Details

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Program URL

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/02/16/2022-03361/weapons-of-mass-destruction-proliferators-sanctions-regulations