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Doosan Corporation is the parent company of the construction equipment brand Bobcat, which also does business in Iran.

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Doosan has a significant presence in Iran’s energy sector, having constructed at least nine power plants in Iran.  (Doosan Heavy Industries Website. “Major Projects”). 

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Doosan has won orders to supply more than 60 Heat Recovery Steam Generators (HRSGs) for Iran.  (Doosan Website. “Doosan Wins Successive Orders for Power Generation Equipment from Iran, Vietnam,” 7/21/2009; Doosan Website. “Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction wins 74 million-euro power plant project in Iran,” 6/14/2009). 

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Recently, Doosan has also worked directly with the Iran Oil Company, specifically on LPG Recovery for the Win-teco/Lavan Oil Refinery in Iran in 2007, and the SAZEH Ball Tank project for Win-teco/National Iran Oil Company in 2008 (Doosan Mecatec Website. “Major Accomplishments”). 

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In total, all Doosan companies have received more than $100 million from the U.S. Government in federal contracts since 2000 (USASpending.gov).   

Eaton Corporation is a diversified power management company, specializing in hydraulics and industrial equipment for the manufacturing, aerospace, transportation, and energy industries. It had 2009 sales of $11.9 billion, with 70,000 employees spanning a market of 150 countries (Company Website). 

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Eaton acquired Vickers, a hydraulics manufacturer, in 1999. Vickers equipment is sold in Iran through distributor Hydraulic Karan. Hydraulic Karan features photographs of Vickers equipment taken as recently as 2007.

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Eaton has received over $2 billion in US government contracts over the past decade.

UNIC is a Japanese hydraulic crane manufacturer specializing in truck mounted cranes and mini crawler cranes with a turnover of $485 million and over 60 overseas sales locations. They are owned by the Furukawa Group. As of 2007, they are the world’s 16th largest crane manufacturer.

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Recently, photos have been published in Iranian media of public hangings using UNIC cranes. 

"A Japanese heavy machinery manufacturer said it has cut business ties with the Iranian government following a report that its cranes have been used for public executions. The company's announcement came several days after United Against Nuclear Iran President Mark D. Wallace published an op-ed in Los Angeles Times where he names the Japanese Tadano company as one of several companies exporting cranes to Iran. 'In response to Iran's brazen attempts to intimidate and terrorize its own people, United Against Nuclear Iran has launched a Cranes Campaign. The goal is to educate crane manufacturers worldwide about the Iranian regime's clear misuse of their products and how such use can tarnish their brand image,' Wallace wrote." (YnetNews. "Japanese firm cuts ties with Iran over crane executions," 7/15/11)

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Tadano is Japan's largest manufacturer of cranes and lifting equipment. Tadano manufactures all-terrain cranes, aerial work platforms, truck cranes, boom trucks, and other construction equipment (Company Website). In 2010, Tadano had over $1 billion in net sales (Annual Report). Tadano has a large American presence.

Tadano lists an Iranian subsidiary, IER Iran, on its website. IER Iran imports a wide variety of construction equipment, including Tadano cranes, into Iran. Tadano's cranes are used by the Iranian regime to publicly execute dissidents (Photo).

Transammonia actively does business in Iran via a Swiss subsidiary. (CNBC. "Transammonia:A Story of American Business in Iran," 12/7/10)

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Transammonia has performed business dealings with the Iran Petrochemical Commercial Company (IPCC), which is the subsidiary and international trading arm of the National Petrochemical Company (NPC). NPC is wholly owned by the Iranian government. It is responsible for the development and operation of the country's petrochemicals sector and is the second largest producer and exporter of petrochemicals in the Middle East after Saudi Arabia's Sabic.

On June 16, 2010, the U.S. Treasury Department added NPC and its subsidiary IPCC to the Iranian Transactions Regulations (ITR), which “prohibit transactions between U.S. persons and the Government of Iran. These identifications allow U.S. persons and others to identify Iranian Government entities and protect themselves against the risks posed by such entities.” (U.S. Department of Treasury, “Fact Sheet: U.S. Treasury Department Targets Iran’s Nuclear and Missile Programs,” 6/16/10)
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February 2010: “Transammonia purchased 23,000 tonnes from IPCC at $370/tonne FOB for late March loading from BIK [(Bandard Imam Khomeinei)].” (Chemical News & Intelligence, 2/24/10)

July 2009: “This price was $18/tonne lower than last done spot business in the Middle East, [1]which was concluded at $200/tonne FOB following a sale by Iran's Petrochemical Commercial Co (PCC) to trader Transammonia.” (Chemical News & Intelligence, 7/3/09)

May 2009: “Trader Transammonia confirmed it had purchased 23,400 tonnes from Iran Petrochemical Commercial Co (IPCC) at $200/tonne FOB (free on board) with 30 days' credit… Transammonia will ship 15,000 tonnes on 18-21 May on the Marycam Swan for shipment to the southeast Asia. The balance of the purchase will be lifted later, it said.” (Chemical News & Intelligence, 5/14/09).

May 2006: The Agricultural Support Services Company of Iran (ASSC) “received nine offers from traders and purchased urea from Transammonia at Euro212/tonne cost and freight (CFR) southern Iranian ports.” (Chemical news & Intelligence, 5/8/06)

Karsan Otomotiv is Turkey’s only multi-branded commercial vehicle producer. Karsan’s website notes that it “makes the production of Peugeot Partner under Peugeot license, Hyundai HD 35/75 under Hyundai license, Renault Trucks Premium Uzunyol, Premium Lander and Kerax under Renault Trucks license, Citroen Berlingo under Citroen license and J9 Premier under its own brand.” Karsan was ranked 267th in the list of “Turkey’s Top 500 Industrial Organizations” in 2008. (Company Website)

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On March 9, 2011, following extensive discussions, UANI announced that Karsan had ended its business in Iran. Karsan had demonstrated that it had withdrawn from Iran and committed to foregoing any business in Iran until such time as Iran fulfills its obligations to the international community related to its illegal nuclear program. (UANI, "UANI Applauds Turkish Company Karsan for Ending Its Business in Iran," 3/9/11)

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Karsan entered into a five-year exclusive distribution agreement in 2007 with Iran’s Sanat Khuodro Kamau to export J9 minibus models to Iran. (Karsan Report, May 10, 2007)

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A Karsan company report on February 15, 2008, notes that the company “signed a contract to export J9 Premier to Iran, which will be sold to some Middle East countries via Iran.”

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A July 2010 press release indicated that the updated J10 model would be sold in Iran, Syria, and African countries. (Press Release)

Helm AG is a Hamburg-based chemicals firm specializing in plastics, fertilizers, pharmaceuticals, and acids. The company has branches in over 30 countries and had a 2009 turnover of 5 million euros (Company Website). 

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Helm AG had previously been involved in the importation of Iranian petrochemicals to Europe, but announced in October of 2010 that they would be pulling out of the business. A company spokesman announced that "The company management decided there would be no more business with Iran - either directly or indirectly. The decision came into effect immediately and will not be revised in the immediate future" (Platts). 

Conducts business in Iran and with U.S banks. (Avi Jorisch, "Iran's dirty banking," 2010) 

Komatsu Ltd., headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a global heavy industry manufacturer that produces and sells construction equipment, mining equipment, and industrial machinery. Komatsu is the second largest manufacturer of construction equipment in the world, behind Caterpillar. Komatsu has a U.S. affiliate, Komatsu American Corp. 

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Iran-based Mehvar Machine Co., one of Komatsu's authorized distributors, participated in Iran's 14th international oil show in 2009 (Iran's 14th Oil Show, Exhibitors List). Mehvar Machine Co. sells Komatsu machinery and spare parts, and offers customer training, service, and repairs (Mehvar Machine Co. Website). According to this website, Komatsu products that Mehvar sells include hydraulic excavators, wheel loaders, motor graders, crawler dozers, bulldozers, dump trucks, lift trucks, containers, and Komatsu accessories.

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Komatsu's other authorized distributor in Iran, Behrad Tehran, mentions the use of its products in sensitive sectors, proclaiming on its website that "Our Process division offers engineering machinery and turn-key projects in almost all fields of industry, mainly oil & gas, petrochemical, polymer & plastics, chemical, pharmaceutical, food & beverages, pulp & paper, cement, and industries related to processing" (Behrad Tehran Website). 

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Komatu's Middle East subsidiary, Komatsu Middle East FZE, has an office in Tehran (Komatsu Company Info). 

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In 2004, Komatsu made an agreement with Hepcoy, an Iranian industrial and mining company, to have Komatsu bulldozers produced in Iran. According to Japanese Ambassador to Tehran Takekezu Kawamura, Japanese companies had "invested more than $2 billion in Iranian oil and gas sectors" by 2004 ("Komatsu Bulldozers to be Produced in Iran"). 

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The machinery that Komatsu makes available to Iran has a wide application in the oil and mining industries, both of which are key to the Iranian economy ("Iran's Economy," The Iranian Trade Association Inc, 2010). 

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In the past decade, Komatsu has received $39.39 million dollars in U.S. federal contracts, 90 percent of which came from the Defense Department (USAspending.gov). 

The Liebherr Group is a large, decentralized manufacturing company made up of over 100 companies that operate independently under the Liebherr Group banner, with a workforce of over 32,000 and revenues of 6.96 billion euros in 2009. The Liebherr Group focuses on construction equipment and specializes in cranes, aircraft parts, and mining (Company Website).

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According to the Liebherr, the company sells equipment in Iran through the Tehran-based Boron Marz Co. (Liebherr website. “Sales and service partners worldwide”).

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In 2004, a company press release revealed that the Iranian “Ports and Shipping Organization,” closely linked to Iran’s blacklisted Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL)—which is inextricably connected to the regime’s missile and nuclear programs—possesses “a total of 26 Liebherr harbour mobile cranes, including 6 different crane types.” (Liebherr website, “Iranian customer purchases the 100th Liebherr harbour mobile crane, type LHM 400”)

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According to World Cargo News, in 2005 the Ports and Shipping Organization purchased another six Liebherr cranes. (World Cargo News, “Mobile cranes roll to record levels,” January 2006)

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The Iranian company Shenavar Saze Pooyesh (SSP) states it is the exclusive agent of Liebherr Werk Nenzig, the Austrian subsidiary of Liebherr (SSP website. “Home.”) SSP major clients are in the shipping and oil and gas industries, including such sanctioned entities as the IRISL, which is listed as using “Liebherr Deck Cranes” (SSP website. “About us.”)

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In 2005, the German government worked to stop the delivery of a special-purpose $785,000 Liebherr crane to Mizan Machine, a blacklisted Iranian shell company affiliated with Iran’s ballistic missile program. It was suspected the crane would be used to support the regime’s missile program. (Der Spiegel, “Will a German Crane Be Used By the Mullahs to Make Missiles?”, 4/25/05; Iran Watch, “Iranian Entity: Mizan Machine Manufacturing Group). It is unclear if the German government succeeded in stopping the delivery.