UANI

"The oil rigs currently operating in Iranian waters mostly work for Iranian state-owned companies. The rigs are owned by a variety of foreign firms, including Norway's Sinvest, London-based Foresight Group, China Oilfield Service, Japan Drilling and Saipem, a subsidiary of Italian oil giant ENI. Industry sources said they would probably be certified by either Lloyd's or Bureau Veritas. BV did not respond to inquiries." (The Washington Post, "Congress sees shipping-certification firms as tool to tighten Iran noose," 12/5/2011)

"European satellite companies like Eutelsat, Intelsat and Arqiva provide extensive services to the Iranian state-owned Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), including for domestic Iranian radio and television broadcasts, and for Iran's growing list of foreign-language channels, like the English-language PressTV and the Arabic Al-Alam... It has not stopped carrying IRIB channels on its satellites, which are facilitated through Arqiva, even though the Iranian government is effectively destroying the products of its other clients... Over the past two years, during which Iran increased its jamming of Persian-language broadcasts from abroad, Eutelsat and Arqiva have done little to hold the Iranian government accountable." (The Wall Street Journal, "Broadcasting Tehran's Repression," 12/9/2011) 

"In the House of Lords today, David Alton asked why the sale of such software to Iran is allowed; what the government makes of democracy activists who say it has been used against them; and asked for an accounting of sales to Iran of such gear by Creativity Software Ltd., a British technology company which has had links to Foreign Secretary William Hague... He asked if the government intends 'to permit Creativity Software to continue providing British-made intercept software and equipment to Irancell.'... Creativity Software this year sold a system that enables Iranian law enforcement and security forces to monitor cell phone locations, Bloomberg News reported on Oct. 31 citing three people familiar with the transaction... For that article, Creativity Software confirmed that it counts mobile-phone operator MTN Irancell Telecommunications Services Co. as a client but declined to discuss sales of any location-tracking gear for law enforcement purposes, saying it would breach contract confidentiality. The company didn’t immediately respond to a phone call seeking comment today... Separately, Alton said Hague should answer questions over his link to Creativity Software, based in Kingston upon Thames... Before being named foreign secretary, Hague received money from Bruce Macfarlane and Alan Morgan, the managing partner and chairman of MMC Ventures Ltd., to pay for a researcher, according to filings with the House of Commons. MMC Ventures has a stake in Creativity Software... 'MMC Ventures is a minority investor in Creativity Software and as such it would be completely inappropriate for us to comment on the day-to-day running of the company, including the individual contracts that they have, not least for reasons of confidentiality,' the company said in an e-mailed statement."(Bloomberg, "U.K. Urged to Ban Sale to Iran of Software Used to Crush Dissent," 11/8/2011)

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"Stockholm-based Ericsson AB, Creativity Software Ltd., of the U.K. and Dublin-based AdaptiveMobile Security Ltd. marketed or provided gear over the past two years that Iran's law enforcement or state security agencies would have access to, according to more than 100 documents and interviews with more than two dozen technicians and managers who worked on the systems... Ericsson and Creativity Software offered technology expressly for law enforcement use -- including a location- monitoring product proposed by Ericsson in early 2009 and one sold this year by Creativity, according to the interviews... Early this year, Creativity Software sold a system that enables Iranian law enforcement and security forces to monitor cell phone locations, according to three people familiar with the transaction. With it, police can track a target’s movements every 15 seconds and plot the locations on a map, according to a 19-page company product specification document. Creativity Software confirms that Irancell is a client, but declined to discuss sales of any location-tracking gear for law enforcement purposes, saying it would breach contract confidentiality... Creativity Software, based southwest of London in Kingston upon Thames, announced a deal in August 2009 to sell Irancell commercial customer location services... Early this year, it sold the mobile phone provider a second system that allows law enforcement to locate and track targets, according to three people familiar with the transaction... The system can record a person’s location every 15 seconds -- eight times more frequently than a similar system the company sold in Yemen, according to company documents. A tool called 'geofences' triggers an alarm when two targets come in close proximity to each other. The system also stores the data and can generate reports of a person’s movements. A former Creativity Software manager said the Iran system was far more sophisticated than any other systems the company had sold in the Middle East... Creativity Software held initial conversations with MCI early this year to provide a nearly identical system, according to two former Creativity managers, though the status of those talks is unclear... Employees at Creativity Software were concerned about selling the technology to Iran, says Venu Gokaram, who worked as a test manager for the company until early this year... Creativity Software, which is privately-held and partly funded by London-based venture capital firm MMC Ventures, announced last November that it had made four sales in six months in the Middle East for law enforcement purposes without identifying the mobile operator clients... Saul Olivares, market development director at Creativity Software, declined to discuss sales of law enforcement technology, but in an e-mail he pointed to its practical benefits, such as locating individuals during disasters, for ambulance crews and in other emergencies... Jon Coker, investment director at MMC Ventures and a board member at Creativity Software, declined to comment... According to data compiled by Bloomberg, Ericsson signed at least 27 contracts worth $5.25 million with the U.S. government from the start of 2009 to the end of 2010. The data showed no U.S. government business with AdaptiveMobile or Creativity Software." (Bloomberg, "Iranian Police Seizing Dissidents Get Aid of Western Companies," 10/31/2011)

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"The same month the Chinese embassy posted the article, Creativity Software, a British company that specializes in 'location-based services,' announced it had won a contract to supply a system to MTN Irancell. 'Creativity Software has worked in partnership with Huawei, where they will provide first and second level support to the operator,' the company said... The announcement said the system would enable "Home Zone Billing"—which encourages people to use their cellphones at home (and give up their land lines) by offering low rates—as well as other consumer and business applications that track user locations. In a description of the service, Creativity Software says its technology also enables mobile-phone operators to 'comply with lawful-intercept government legislation,' which gives police access to communications and location information... A former telecommunications engineer at MTN Irancell said the company grew more interested in location-based services during the antigovernment protests. He said a team from the government's telecom-monitoring center routinely visited the operator to verify the government had access to people's location data. The engineer said location tracking has expanded greatly since the system first was installed... An official with Creativity Software confirmed that MTN Irancell is a customer and said the company couldn't comment because of 'contractual confidentiality.'" (The Wall Street Journal, "Chinese Tech Giant Aids Iran," 10/27/2011)

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In a press release published on its website, Creativity announced it had been selected by Irancell to provide 'end-to-end' LBS solutions and be the second largest operator in Iran with LBS infrastucture. (Creativity Software website)

• Ad Hoc Marine Designs was listed on the June 28, 2010, US Federal Register's banned entity list "for  reexporting the Bradstone Challenger, a vessel that was subject to the EAR, to Iran for intended use by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy and for providing technical assistance on Iranian naval projects."

AngloAmerican is one of the world's largest mining companies, with operations on six continents, annual earnings of $2.6 billion, and over 100,000 worldwide employees. AngloAmerican specializes in platinum, diamonds, copper, nickel, iron ore, and coal (Company Website). 

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Iran International magazine reported that an AngloAmerican subsidiary, Anglo Exploration GmbH, "officially opened an Iranian branch office in Tehran" (Iran International). 

Rio Tinto has interests in two uranium mines. One of these is Rössing in Namibia, in which it owns a 69 per cent interest. Rössing is one of the largest open pit uranium mines in the world. The mine currently produces about 7.55 per cent of the world's uranium. Rio Tinto states that Rössing operates “uranium under strict safeguard practices where there is never a diversion of nuclear material from commercial nuclear power stations to nuclear weapons.” (Rio Tinto Group, “Uranium”)

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"Rio Tinto Group, the world’s third- largest mining company, said Iran can maintain a 15 percent stake in its Rossing uranium operation after a United Nations ruling barred the country from investing in mines of the fuel... 'It is shameful that Rio Tinto would attempt to defend any business with Iran,' Kimmie Lipscomb, a spokeswoman for New York-based non-profit group United Against Nuclear Iran, said today. 'How can Rio Tinto claim that by conducting business with Iran in a uranium mining venture, it is not contributing to Iran’s ability to develop nuclear weapons?'... Mark D. Wallace, president of UANI and a former U.S. ambassador to the UN, wrote to Rio Chairman Jan du Plessis last week, saying Iran’s stake appeared to be a violation of U.S. law. He requested a response by Nov. 2. 'Profits from the Rossing uranium mine are channeled directly to the Iranian government, emboldening and financially empowering its pursuit of an illegal nuclear weapons program,' Wallace wrote in the letter dated Oct. 21. 'It is time for Rio Tinto and Rossing to recognize this threat as well and follow the lead of other responsible companies and stop putting short- term profits ahead of Iran’s clear threat to global security.'"(Bloomberg, "Rio Tinto Says Iran is Allowed to Keep 15% Stake in Namibian Uraniaum Mine," 10/27/2010)

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Since 1975 under the rule of the Shah, the government of Iran has held a 15 percent share in Rossing. In 2005, according to Graham Davidson, the general manager for operations at Rossing, “Representatives of the government of Iran routinely attend the Rossing board of directors meetings.” Davidson further added that milled uranium oxide (“yellowcake”) for centrifuges is not sold to Iran. The company, however, did not respond to a question of whether Tehran had purchased any Rossing uranium in the past. (Reuters, “Iran Has Stake in Namibia Uranium Mine, Says Owner,” 1/29/05)

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The Namibian government reports that Rossing is under pressure from Western countries to not sell uranium to Iran. Prime Minister Nahas Angula “could not say whether Namibia was supplying Iran with uranium but revealed that government viewed Iran as one of its customers who have contracts to buy uranium mined from the country.” (APA, “Namibia under pressure not to supply uranium to Iran,” 2/3/09)

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Rio Tinto disclosed in its 2008 Annual Report Form that it had “signed a final and binding sale agreement to divest the whole of its [70 percent] interest in the Sari Gunay gold project in western Iran. On the completion of this transaction, which is expected in mid 2008, Rio Tinto intends to close its office in Iran and will cease to have any interests in Iran.” Rio Tinto’s filings make no disclosure on Iran’s interest in the Rössing uranium mine. (Rio Tinto 2008 Annual Report Form)

• Conducts business with Iranian banks
• Operates banks in Iran

Noted as conducting business with U.S banks while operating in Iran. (Avi Jorisch, "Iran's dirty banking," 2010)

Noted as conducting business with Iranian banks. (Avi Jorisch, "Iran's dirty banking" , 2010) 

Balfour Beatty is a large British infrastructure and construction contractor. It is the 19th largest contractor in the world and the single largest fixed rail infrastructure contractor. Its construction division specializes in "building, design, construction management, refurbishment and fit-out, mechanical and electrical services, civil engineering, ground engineering and rail engineering" (Company Website). 

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"Amec, Kvaerner and Balfour Beatty were among the firms taken part in a high-profile trade delegation to Iran, led by construction minister Nick Raynsford." (Finacial Times. "Trade mission to Iran," 7/14/00)

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Balfour Beatty has a UAE-based subsidiary called Dutco, which in turn has a subsidiary called Gulf Cobla LLC, which is described as having "major projects" in a list of countries including Iran.