Italy

"Director of Fiera Milano International SpA Pietro Piccinetti announced the upcoming planning for the expansion of trade relations with Iran, adding Iranian goods will be displayed in Rome. Speaking during a press briefing on Tuesday, Piccinetti pointed to the growing trend in Iran and Italy’s trade relations and said 'the two countries are determined to expand their trade relations; the first specialized exhibition of Islamic Republic of Iran will be held in Rome based on a memorandum of understanding signed accordingly.'" (Mehr, "Italy after more trade relations with Iran," 7/26/2016)

APS participated in the 21st Iran Oil Show which took place in Tehran (Iran) from May 5th to 8th, 2016. APS describes the show as “the most important Oil and Gas Exhibition in Middle East, organized by National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), the country’s market leader in Oil & Gas Industry.” (APS Website, “Homepage”)

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APS confirmed in 2007 that it would play a role in helping Iran develop its third liquefied natural gas project. (Financial Times, "European companies eye Iranian LNG project," 11/16/2007)

DVG maintains a presence in Iran through its “Iran/North Africa” sales office. (DVG Website, “Sales office”).

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The Iranian Gas Engineering and Development Co. (“IGED”), a subsidiary of the National Iranian Gas Company (“NIGC”), lists DVG as an approved vendor. (IGED Website, “List of Vendors”). -- DVG is listed as a member of the Italy-Iran Chamber of Commerce and Industry. (Italy-Iran Chamber of Commerce and Industry Website, “Members”).

"Two European liner agencies have withdrawn from representing sanctions-hit IRISL. Hamburg based Peter W Lampke (PWL) and Genoa-headquartered Fratelli Cosulich have until now served IRISL's 10-day container service..." (Trade Winds News, 11/12/2018).

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"After last year's lifting of European sanctions against Tehran and the consequent recovery of containers services from the Mediterranean to the Middle East, as from early 2017 IRISL determined also re-launching general cargo and project cargo services. As illustrated by Genoa-based Fratelli Cosulich shipagent – representing the Iranian group's business in Italy, the new line directly involves our country as one of the major-plant design exporters to Iran." (May 2017)

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"Fratelli Cosulich forms bunkering alliance in Iran with IRISL." (May 19, 2016).

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Senior officials of the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) and the Italian worldwide shipping group Fratelli Cosulich inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to set up a joint representative firm, the IRIB news agency reported on Monday. According to the MOU, the two sides will establish a joint, local representative firm in Italy which is projected to offer marketing and selling services and provide representative services to shipping lines of IRISL Group. (December 8, 2015).

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"President of the Iranian Shipping Company IRISL said 'We’ve chosen the Fratelli Cosulich shipping company to be our European partner. They are our reference point, especially in Italy.'" (The Medi Telegraph, "We'll bring 50 Iranian ships a year to Genoa" 6/21/2016). -- "A new bunkering alliance between Italy’s Fratelli Cosulich and the Iranian national shipping group IRISL will take shape in the near future. Fratelli Cosulich is developing new projects in maritime insurance brokerage and in bunkering. We are going to set up a new joint venture with the national shipping group IRISL aimed at offering ship bunkering services in the port of Bandar Abbas. That’s something we have been doing for a long time now in the port of Singapore.” (Splash 24/7, "Fratelli Cosulich forms bunkering alliance in Iran with IRISL," 5/19/2016). -- The Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (“IRISL”) website publicized, “a memorandum for the purpose of establishing a joint company in the representative sector was signed between IRISL and Italian company Fratelli Cosulich.” (IRISL Website, “Iran and Italy sign MoU to establish a joint company in Italy,” 7/12/2015). -- Chairman of IRISL, reportedly stated in 2015 that, “[as soon as international sanctions are cancelled we will be ready, together with our old dating partner Fratelli Cosulich, to debut again." Fratelli Cosulich President Augusto Cosulich stated “we already established a joint venture with IRISL, which was dormant during the embargo, and for the time being it will be revived. We are glad that IRISL selected it to debut on the European market” (Ship 2 Shore, “IRISL to debut in Italy in grand style by 2016,” 2/11/2015).

"On 13 September 2017, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Justice for Iran (JFI) and Redress filed a complaint with the Italian NCP against Italtel Group S.p.A.. The Complainants allege that Italtel has breached multiple principles of the OECD Guidelines in relation to its business activities in Iran including a Memorandum of Understanding (“MoU”) entered into by Italtel and the Telecommunications Company of Iran (“TCI”) on 13 April 2016." (Justice 4 Iran, "FIDH, JFI and Redress vs Italtel; a case summary," 7/7/2019).

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ITALTEL TO SUPPORT OPERATORS IN IRAN BY BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURES FOR ULTRA-FAST INTERNET TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR PEOPLE (September 6, 2016)

In your role as Italtel CEO, you are quoted as saying, “we are proud to be part of this important project. Telecommunications and ICT represent indeed an accelerator for the development of many other areas and economy in general.” (Italtel Press Release, “Italtel And TCI Agree to Cooperate On Telecommunication Development Projects In Iran,” 4/13/2016).  

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The CEO of Italtel is listed as a speaker at the 2016 Iran Connect conference that took place from September 6-7, in Tehran, Iran. The meeting was for international telecom ecosystems looking to do business in Iran. (Iran Connect Brochure, 2016).

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Italtel – a leading telecommunications company in Network Functions Virtualization, managed services and all-IP communication – today revealed its intentions in Iran, announcing it will concentrate on building up ultra-fast Internet wideband infrastructures so that essential services such as health and education can be improved. Iran is one of the fastest growing economies of the Middle East following the removal of the economic sanctions at the beginning of 2016. As a result, many international operators and technology vendors, including Italtel, are looking to take advantage of the growth and development opportunities. Speaking at the Iran Connect 2016 conference – which is taking place today and tomorrow at Tehran’s Espinas Palace Hotel – Italtel’s CEO Stefano Pileri said industries including health, transport and education would be the sectors which would reap the most benefit for operators and Iran citizens. (Italtel, "Italtel to support operators in Iran," 9/6/2016)