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Iranian oil, gas, petrochemical and power industries services company Petrokalooj cites KOBOLD as a supplier on its website.

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According to its website, Amitis is an authorized representative for KOBOLD in Iran. (http://amitistech.com/representative-of-kobold-in-iran).

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Listed as an approved vendor in Iran by NIOEC, NPC, NIGCENG, SADAF, NIGC and IOOC.

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Kobold manufactures instruments to "measure and control flow, level, pressure, and temperature" for industrial applications, providing "patentable technology, high quality products and superior service" (Company Website). Based in Germany, Kobold also has manufacturing plants and offices in Pennsylvania, Michigan, South Carolina, Washington, and Ohio (Company Website).

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Kobold also maintains a "Kobold Iran" website, in which it advertises its sponsorship of the "Iran Oil Show." The Kobold Iran site makes all of its industrial instruments available for sale (Iranian Website).

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A subsidiary, Heinrichs-MT, lists that Kobold maintains a sales office in Iran (Subsidiary Website).

As of May 17, 2021, Iowa's Public Employee's Retirement System lists Porsche on its Iran Scrutinized Companies List.

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Porsche lists Moin Motors Trading Company as its location in Tehran, Iran on its company website. 

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As of August 15, 2019, the state of Iowa listed Porsche on its Iran scrutinized companies list.

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In 2018 the U.S. state of Iowa listed Porsche Automobil Holding SE as an Iran restricted company rendering Porsche Automobil Holding SE ineligible for investment and/or state contracting.

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Porsche AG is a German automobile manufacturer of luxury vehicles, and a subsidiary of larger conglomerate, Porsche Automobile Holding SE, along with Volkswagen AG. (Company Website).

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"The Trade Promotion Organization of Iran has announced the list of cars which are allowed to be imported in the current Iranian year, but renowned brands such as Porsche, Benz, BMW, Maserati, and Nissan are not in the list, ISNA news agency reported." (Azer News, "Iran bans imports of renowned car brands," 5/27/2013) 

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"Wealthy Iranians are fueling an unprecedented luxury car boom despite sanctions hurting their economy, paying up to $360,000 for high-end autos, according to showroom employees and reports Sunday. 'Buyers are paying upfront for these cars, which generally cost two to three times more than abroad,' one car salesman in Tehran told AFP on condition of anonymity. A newspaper citing official customs data, Hafte-Sobh, reported that 'some 563 different Porsche models were sold in the last Iranian year (to March 2012),' worth a total $50 million before a hefty 100-percent import tax... Maserati, the growling musclebrand owned by Italy's Fiat, is also looking to get a slice of the action by opening its own Tehran showroom within weeks, reports say. The ostentatious splurge by Iran's elite starkly contrasts with the straits experienced by ordinary Iranians." (Agence France-Press, "Wealthy Iranians spur lucury car boom despite sanctions," 4/23/12)

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"Porsche has become the latest international automaker to pull its business out of Iran in an apparent response to an effort by two U.S.-based advocacy groups to step up pressure on the Tehran regime, FoxNews.com has learned. United Against a Nuclear Iran and Iran Watch List launched their campaign in 2010 after they discovered the Iranian auto industry, the 13th-largest in the world, is dominated by members of the Iranian regime and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. 'We have to send a message to that regime that no longer can it be business as usual until they renounce their nuclear weapons program and stop sponsoring terrorism around the world,' said former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mark Wallace, who heads United Against a Nuclear Iran. Wallace says the auto sector feeds the Iranian regime not only as 'a massive source of revenue,' but also as a means of accessing advanced foreign technologies and products." (FoxNews, "Bowing to pressure, Porsche joins Hyundai in ending business with Iran," 4/16/12)

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The Porsche dealership center in Tehran (Source: Gooya News)

Wincor Nixdorf, according to its website, is one of the world’s leading providers of IT solutions and services to retailers and retail banks.  Their IT solutions "help boost process efficiency in banking and retail industries High levels of availability and quality Solutions for cost-efficient operation of IT systems Banking."

The company has subsidiaries in over 41 countries and has an overall market presence in over 100 countries. (Company Website)

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Wincor Nixdorf is listed on the website of Iranian company Informatics Services Corporation (ICS) as a business partner (ICS Company Website).  Likewise, WN lists ICS as one of its banking partners on its own website.  (Company Website) 

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The company's policy on "Social Corporate Responsibiliy" is as follows:

“Success …depends on…achieving a balance between economic, environmental and social objectives – one that is indispensable if we wish to enjoy the confidence of the public over the long term.”  The policy also cites three key values: Caring for the environment, Focus on people, and Social responsibility.  (Company Website)

Ascotec Group notes on its website that "We are delighted to act as a main technical and commercial link between the Iranian Mines and Metals Industry and its clients and suppliers around the world. Through our business we continuously strive to uphold and strengthen these links."

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As of April 26, 2022, Ascotec is on the US Treasury Department's OFAC Specially Designated National list.

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Ascotec Holding GmbH has a Tehran branch at No. 142. West Lavasani St., Farmanieh, Tehran, Iran.

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In 2020, the U.S. state of Mississippilisted Ascotec on its state lists of Companies Doing Business with the Iranian Petroleum/Natural Gas, Nuclear and Military Sectors, rendering ADKL ineligible for investment and/or state contracting.

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In 2017, the U.S. state of Mississippi listed Ascotec on its state lists of Companies Doing Business with the Iranian Petroleum/Natural Gas, Nuclear and Military Sectors, rendering Ascotec ineligible for investment and/or state contracting.

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Ascotec is a wholly owned subsidiary of theIMIDRO (Irainian Mines and Mining Industries Developmentand Renovation Organization. "Supply OF: Raw Materials, Spare Parts , Machinaries, spcially for IMIDRO Group."(Company Website)

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"Mohaddessin said that maraging steel, which has twice the strength of stainless steel and is 85 percent harder than pure titanium, was needed to be used as very strong casing to allow an initial explosion inside the bomb to take place in a closed area for maximum power. That, he said, could cause a chain reaction and ultimately trigger a nuclear detonation.Tehran has also been using a number of front companies to illegally purchase maraging steel and other banned materials in other countries, he said.“These front companies are ostensibly non-Iranian, but their personnel are completely affiliated with the regime”.Mohaddessin said ASCOTEC, a subsidiary of the Organisation for the Development and Rebuilding of Iran's Mines and Industries, was one such front company." (Iran Focus, "Iran Secretly acquiring super-strong steel for nuclear bomb", 7/28/2005)

Merck KGaA spokesman Gangolf Schrimpf this week confirmed that a contractor has expanded capacity for making Merck drugs for the Iran market with the opening of a new facility. Merck was careful to point out that the facility was built without any investment from the German drugmaker and in “compliance with applicable local and international law and regulations.”

“Merck does not have a legal presence, nor does Merck own any assets or facilities in Iran,” Schrimpf said in an email. (FiercePharma, "New plant to make Merck KGaA drugs opens in Iran," 4/25/2019).

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“Multiple companies currently exploring new business ventures in Iran are also cashing in on highly lucrative contracts with the U.S. Defense Department, raising questions about whether their dealings with Iran could run afoul of U.S. law. At least 13 major international companies have said in recent weeks that they aim to reenter the Iranian marketplace over the next several months. The companies have received Pentagon contracts totaling well over $107 billion, according to a Washington Free Beacon analysis that tracked DoD contracts awarded since fiscal year 2009. Many of the companies, which include carmaker Renault and oil giants such as BP, have already sent high-level trade delegations to Tehran to meet with Iranian officials about striking new business deals…These companies include Boeing and General Electric—which have DoD contracts worth $87 and $12 billion respectively—as well as the Italian oil company Eni, Merck, Safran, Vitol, Bosch Rexroth, Sanofi Pastuer, and AVL.” (Washington Free Beacon, “Pentagon Contractors Exploring Business with Iran,” 2/25/14)

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"German pharmaceutical group Merck is seeking a partnership with an Iranian manufacturer to produce medicines in the country in a sign that western companies are putting their faith in President Hassan Rouhani’s reformist drive and an easing of international sanctions…Darmstadt-based Merck said it was in discussions with several specialist Iranian producers to assess production of two drugs, adding to its existing sales of medicines into the country…Medicines are among the humanitarian exemptions to the existing sanctions regime, but foreign companies’ sales and investment have been limited by difficulties in payment, insurance and shipping…Merck said it was seeking a local producer to make its products Glucophage for diabetes and Concor for high blood pressure to the necessary quality standards." (Financial Times, "Merck tests ground for Iran partnership to produce medicines," 12/26/13)

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"Germany’s multi-billion euro bilateral trade relationship with Iran continues unabated, even as evidence mounts that the Islamic Republic is determined to build a nuclear weapons capability. The Jerusalem Post has obtained an uncensored list from late 2011, showing hundreds of German and Iranian enterprises in a flourishing trade relationship . . . The list showed that Merck KGaA, the giant Hesse-based chemical and pharmaceutical company, has long been active in Iran. Merck spokesman Steffen Mueller remained largely tight-lipped about its work with Iran, writing in an email that the company adheres to all existing trade conditions." (Jerusalem Post, "German firms still ship dual-use goods to Iran Jerusalem," 7/9/12) 

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"In Iran, Merck has a representative office engaged in the marketing of engaged in the marketing of laboratory and specialty chemicals. Until the two divisions Merck Serono and Consumer Health Care as well as the business sector Chemicals have specific information on this site the offices are your point of contact for Merck products."

Listed are the Merck's chemicals distributors in Iran.  (Company Website)

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Over the last three presidential administrations, the United States government has granted Merck 10 special licenses to do business in Iran. (New York Times, "Companies with Permission to Bypass Sanctions," 12/24/10)

Iranian company Diesel Motor A.F.Z. (“Diesel Motor”) cites Putzmeister as a customer on its company website. (Diesel Motor Website, “Home”).

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On its Company Website, Putzmeister lists an Iran representative through Iranian company Sakht Abzar Pars Co. (“SAP”). (Putzmeister Website, “Contact: MENA (Middle East North Afrika)”) In addition, SAP’s website includes a direct link to Putzmeister’s Website. (SAP Website, “Mining and Construction”) 

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Petropars, the Iranian company and wholly owned subsidiary of NICO (an affiliate of the NIOC), lists the domestic and foreign companies that are developing the different phases of the South Pars Gas Field Project. (Petropars Website)  One of the Iranian companies, Abad Rahan Pars Co., developing the south pars phases 6,7, & 8, lists their resources, and the companies providing these resources.  Putzmeister is one of these dealers. (Abad Rahan Pars Co. Resources)

Iranian company Diesel Motor A.F.Z. (“Diesel Motor”) cites Hitachi as a customer on its company website. (Diesel Motor Website, “Home”).

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Petropars, the Iranian company and wholly owned subsidiary of NICO (an affiliate of the NIOC), lists the domestic and foreign companies that are developing the different phases of the South Pars Gas Field Project. (Petropars Website) One of the Iranian companies, Abad Rahan Pars Co., developing the south pars phases 6,7, & 8, lists their resources, and the companies providing these resources.  Wirtgen is one of these dealers, along with two of its subsidiaries, HAMM and Vogele. (Abad Rahan Pars Co. Resources)

As of May 2018, has terminated business in Iran that was previously conducted via a subsidiary, Detecon. ("German rail operator, Deutsche Telekom end Iran projects," Reuters, August 16, 2018.)

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According to its 2017 SEC 10-K filing: DT, through certain of its non-U.S. subsidiaries, is party to roaming and interconnect agreements with the following mobile and fixed line telecommunication providers in Iran, some of which are or may be government-controlled entities: Gostaresh Ertebatat Taliya, Irancell Telecommunications Services Company (“MTN Irancell”), Telecommunication Kish Company, Mobile Telecommunication Company of Iran, and Telecommunication Infrastructure Company of Iran. For the year ended December 31, 2017, gross revenues of all DT affiliates generated by roaming and interconnection traffic with Iran were less than $4 million and estimated net profits were less than $4 million.

In addition, DT, through certain of its non-U.S. subsidiaries, operating a fixed line network in their respective European home countries (in particular Germany), provides telecommunications services in the ordinary course of business to the Embassy of Iran in those European countries. Gross revenues and net profits recorded from these activities for the year ended December 31, 2017 were less than $0.4 million. We understand that DT intends to continue these activities.

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In a correspondance with the SEC in 2009, Deutsche Telekom disclosed few details regarding their investments in Iran.  

"We have bilateral agreements with operators in Iran that provide for termination of traffic into the country and traffic originating from the country.  We have roaming agreements with network operators in Iran.  Roaming agreements allow our mobile customers to make and receive voice calls, send and receive data, or access other services when traveling outside the geographical coverage area of the home network, by means of using another operator’s network." (CORRESP for DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG, 11/27/2009)

KHD has maintained a presence in the Iranian market for many years and currently lists an office in Tehran, Iran, indicating its intention to continue its presence in the Iranian market.  (KHD Website, “Contacts”).  

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In correspondances with the SEC, HWG disclosed few details regarding their business in Iran

“HWG maintains a branch office in Iran that is dedicated to meeting the service requirements of existing customers in that region, primarily through the provision of spare parts.  Its involvement in Iran has primarily consisted of the provision of product upgrades and spare parts, such as thrust rollers, spring elements and rotary kilns, and some equipment supply, including the supply of clinker production lines, cement production lines and cement plant equipment, primarily for entities involved in the cement industry.” (CORRESP for KHD HUMBOLDT WEDAG INTERNATIONAL LTD, 1/7/2010)

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“The Company currently engages in business, primarily the provision of spare parts, with companies located in Iran.” (CORRESP for KHD HUMBOLDT WEDAG INTERNATIONAL LTD, 10/29/2009)

• Wirth GMBH is a wholly owned subsidiary of Aker Solutions, a Norwegian engineering and construction company.  The acquisition occurred in March 2009.

• Wirth has a website for its subsidiary in Iran. (Company Website)

• “Be it…a water-supply system in Iran – as an employee of Aker Wirth, you will be there as progressive technology is created and put to use in the field. And the fields of activity open to you at Aker Wirth are as diverse as our technologies and work sites.” (Aker-Wirth website)

• “German producer of tunnel boring machinery – proudly boasts on its website that ‘… a new water supply system is created in the Iranian mountains of Isfahan, Wirth machines are used.’ Indeed they are. The problem is that one of Wirth’s project clients in Iran is Sahel Consulting Engineers – a company owned by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Wirth has so far declined to comment on the matter.” (BESA Center for Strategic Studies, “Iran's Deceptive Commercial Practices,” 4/15/08)

• “Two European concerns—Wirth, from Germany, and Seli, from Italy—sold tunnel-boring equipment to Iran for its Ghomroud water project. Wirth’s contract was concluded after Germany’s export-control agency, BAFA, determined that the machines involved in this project, being intended only for civilian use, were not subject to embargo.
  
  Overseeing the tunnel project, however, was Sahel Consulting Engineers, a company owned by the IRGC. Nor is this connection a secret. The website of Wirth’s subsidiary in Iran features images of the Ghomroud construction site. The sign welcoming visitors to the project bears the logo of the IRGC, and the same logo is visible above the tunnel entrance…
  
  Once the digging is finished, though, the equipment belongs to the subsidiary businesses of the IRGC, which can do with them what they wish.   Intelligence photographs have regularly indicated that much of Iran’s clandestine nuclear program is being built deep underground, in bunkers accessible by means of tunnels. The machinery and technology for constructing such tunnels can only have been provided by Wirth and Seli.” (Commentary Magazine, "The Iranian Shell Game," July-August 2008)

• “Wirth and Seli – German and Italian companies producing sophisticated tunnel-boring machinery – have supplied their machines and technical assistance to IRGC companies, for instance. Their business was not subject to any restrictions or embargoes, yet intelligence reports have repeatedly suggested that much of Iran’s clandestine nuclear program is being built deep underground, in bunkers that are accessible through tunnels – tunnels which only such technology could build.” (Transatlantic Institute, "Iran's Deceptive Ways," May 2008)