Russia

"The Industrial Development and Revolution Organisation (IDRO) of Iran’s subsidiary Gostaresh Iranian Oil and Gas Industries Development Company (IDRO Oil) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Russian oil company Zarubezhneft for cooperation on the development of Sousangerd oil field in south-west Iran." (February 2018)
 

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"Russian state-owned oil company Zarubezhneft is willing to develop a major oilfield in western Iran which is projected to come online with $2.2 billion of investment, a news agency says.  Zarubezhneft Chief Executive Nikolay Brunich has announced his company's readiness to participate and invest in the development of Changuleh field in Ilam, Mehr said on Monday. He traveled to the city during a recent visit by Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak to Iran and signed a letter of intent with the governor of Ilam, besides discussing construction of an oil refinery. After visiting Tehran, Novak said Zarubezhneft would take up several projects worth a total of $6 billion in Iran's oil industry. The company will send a team of experts to Ilam 'soon' to examine the field, Mehr reported." (Press TV, "Russia’s Zarubezhneft eyes major Iran oilfield," 11/2/15) 

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"Russian oil producer Zarubezhneft OAO (ZRNFT) has 'no result yet' from talks with Iran on joint oil projects, the company said. 'Iran is interesting for our company as a country with one of the biggest hydrocarbon resources, but we need an approval from the government to continue,' Zarubezhneft Deputy Chief Executive Officer Artyom Garibyan told reporters in St. Petersburg, Russia today. 'We are in talks with the Iranian side, but there is no specific result yet,' he added." (Bloomberg News, "Russian Zarubezhneft Says No Progress On Oil Projects With Iran," 6/24/12)

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"Russian state-owned oil group Zarubezhneft met with Iranian officials on Thursday to discuss upstream oil projects in Iran amid international sanctions against Tehran, which Moscow has called 'counterproductive', a company source said. A Zarubezhneft spokeswoman confirmed the meeting with Iranian officials but declined to elaborate. A source at the Russian Energy Ministry also said that an Iranian delegation was expected this week... The source said the head of the Iranian National Oil Co. Ahmad Ghalebani met Zarubezhneft officials in Moscow on Thursday. 'Particular projects were not discussed,' the source said, adding the meeting was more of a 'Zarubezhneft presentation to Iranians.' The source also reiterated Zarubezhneft's desire to work in Iran 'providing security guarantees and Russian government approval.' Zarubezhneft, created during the Soviet period, represents Russian state interests in overseas oil projects. Its biggest project to date is in Vietnam, where it has run the Vietsovpetro joint venture with state firm Petrovietnam since 1981." (Reuters, "Russia's Zarubezhneft discusses oil with Iran," 4/5/2012)

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

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Tatneft is listed as a prohibited company in the March 2020 and March 2021 Report to the New Jersey Legislature Iran Divestment Act. 

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"PJSC Tatneft has reportedly signed an agreement to develop the Deloran oilfield in Iran and performed studies on the development of the Shadeghan oilfield. In 2017, CalSTRS designated PJSC Tatneft as “Under Review” for potentially having ties to Iran. In 2018, CalSTRS designated PJSC Tatneft as “Being Monitored” due to potentially ongoing operations in Iran and maintained that status in 2020."

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

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Tatneft is listed in the March 1, 2019, Report to the New Jersey Legislature Iran Divestment Act. 

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In 2017, CalSTRS designated PJSC Tatneft as “Under Review” for potentially having ties to Iran. In 2018, CalSTRS designated PJSC Tatneft as “Being Monitored” due to potentially ongoing operations in Iran and maintained that designation in 2019. PJSC Tatneft has reportedly signed an agreement to develop the Deloran oilfield in Iran and performed studies on the development of the Shadeghan oil filed.

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In 2017 the U.S. state of California listed PJSC Tatneft on its list of companies under review for reportedly signing an agreement to develop the Delo ran oilfield in Iran.

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

-- "The Russian oil and gas company Tatneft has declared that it was cooperating with the other Russian oil company Zarubezhneft over the Iranian Shadegan oilfield project." (January 27, 2018).

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 Russia's oil giant TATNEFT has submitted the result of its studies on Iran's Shadegan oilfield to the National Iranian South Oil Company (NISOC). The two majors signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for developing the field in March. Besides TATNEFT, NISOC has signed similar documents with other companies for developing the field. The Shadegan oil field is an oil field located in Khuzestan Province, in the south west of Ahvaz City. It was discovered in 1968 and the production was started after installing production facilities in 1988. The field has 23 km in length 6 km in width and includes two Asmari and Bangestan reservoirs and currently with 20 active wells, oil production is about 69,000 barrels per day (11,000 m3/d). (December 26, 2017)

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Russian Public Joint Stock Company TATNEFT signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with National Iranian South Oilfields Company (NISOC) for carrying oilfield development studies in southwestern Iran, Shana reported. The MOU for preliminary studies on Shadegan oilfield in Khuzestan province was signed by the two sides’ representatives in Tehran on Sunday. According to the agreement, TATNEFT will carry out studies on the field and the company is to hand the results and its proposal to NISOC in six months. (March 2017)

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"Following two earlier contracts with two Russian oil companies, Iran has signed a memorandum of cooperation in oil and gas industry with a third Russian firm. Given the newly-signed agreement, the number of Russian companies active in Iran’s oil and gas industries has reached a total of three. Previous deals were sealed with Zarubezhnefta and Lukoil companies while the third one Tatneft, a Russian vertically integrated oil and gas company with headquarters in the city of Almetyevsk in the Republic of Tatarstan... on Saturday morning, NIOC Managing Director Ali Kardor and CEO of Tatneft Nail Ulfatovich Maganov signed the deal to conduct developmental studies in Dehloran oil field. The agreement marks the first contract signed between NIOC and the Russian firm and it mainly deals with increasing recovery factor of the Iranian field." (Mehr News, "Iran inks oil deal with Russia's Tatneft," 10/8/2016).

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"Iran signed a deal reportedly worth up to $1 billion with Russia's Tatneft on Sunday to develop an oil field, a rare example of new foreign investment into the oil and gas sector of a country under ever tighter economic sanctions... The president of the southern Russian republic of Tatarstan, the home of Tatneft, in Tehran for the signing, also visited Iran's giant South Pars gas field and said he hoped for further economic cooperation with Iran." (The Wall Street Jounal, "Russian company signs up to develop Iran oil field," 12/17/2011)

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On January 15, 2011 Tatneft was removed from the Pennsylvania Treasury Iran Scrutinized Companies List for its past involvement. 

"Bank Keshavarzi Iran, state-owned bank specialized in financing agriculture sector, has linked up with a number of major Russian lenders including Sberbank, Gazprombank and Transcapitalbank, announced Behrouz Hassan Olfat, director of Europe and Americas department at the Trade Promotion Organization." (September 2017)

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Gazprombank is a subsidiary of Russian gas producer and exporter giant, Gazprom. (Gazprombank website, "Bank's Shareholders")

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"The semi-official Iranian Mehr news agency said on Friday that importers in India -- Iran's second biggest oil customer after China -- were paying off oil debts through Gazprombank... 'There has been no word of this at all... No name has been mentioned, not Gazprom nor any other particular bank. These news reports are not valid,' said the ministry source... An Indian industry source said there had been talks about paying for Iranian oil via Gazprombank but no Indian companies had yet opened an account there and they were still paying through Halkbank." (Reuters, "Iran downplays report India paying for oil via Russia," 10/29/2011) 

"Russian state nuclear company Rosatom has suspended work on revamping a factory at Iran’s Fordow nuclear complex due to an issue with uranium compatibility, Rosatom’s nuclear fuel cycle unit TVEL said on Thursday." (Reuters, "Russia suspends revamp work at Iran's Fordow nuclear plant," 12/5/2019).
 

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"A delegation of Russia’s nuclear agency Rosatom and Iranian officials discussed retuning Fordow facility, Russia’s ambassador to Tehran Levan Dzhagaryan said in an interview with TASS. “Moscow is satisfied with the level of Russian-Iranian cooperation in the framework of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on Tehran’s nuclear program,” he said, adding Rosatom’s delegation, which presently is visiting the country, discusses "certain practical aspects of the project to reconfigure the Fordow reactor." (February 12, 2018).

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"Rosatom said that the construction and installation work phase was started on March 14. Representatives of the Russian general contractor participated in the official ceremony. In November 2014, Nuclear Power Production and Development Company of Iran (NPPD) and Russia's Atomstroiexport signed two contracts for the construction of units 2, 3 of Bushehr-2. The total capacity of two units of WWER-1000 (Water-Water Energetic Reactor) will be 2,100 megawatt. Back in September 2016, Iran and Russia started the construction of the second unit of the Bushehr nuclear power plant in a ceremony attended by the head of the country's Atomic Energy Agency (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi, Iranian First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri, and Sergei Kiriyenko, head of Russian state nuclear energy corporation Rosatom. The second unit is expected to take 9 years to complete (October 2024). A third unit will also begin to be built 18 months later after that (April 2026)." (Tasnim News (Iran), "Russia Says Starts Construction Work On Iran's Bushehr-2 Power Plant," 3/16/2017).

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"Iran will assume full control over the Bushehr atomic power station Russia built at the end of December, Russian state nuclear company Rosatom Corp. said. Russia will continue to help Iran operate the country’s first nuclear plant for three years because of a lack of trained Iranian technicians, Rosatom said in a statement." (Bloomberg, "Iran to Take Control Over Nuclear Plant From Russia in December," 9/5/2012)

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"Thirty-six years after construction began under the shah, Iran finally opened its first nuclear power plant at a ceremony on Saturday. Attended by senior officials from Iran and Russia, which helped build the plant, the ceremony marked the beginning of the transfer of low-enriched uranium fuel rods from a storage site into the plant. Officials of both countries said that Saturday's events signified the opening, not the startup, of the plant near Bushehr, in southern Iran." (The New York Times, “Iran Opens Its First Nuclear Power Plant,” 08/21/10)

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 “Technicians began the process of moving uranium fuel from a storage area to the reactor at Iran's first nuclear power plant on Saturday, the spokesman for Russia's state-run nuclear corporation said. The beginning of the first stage of the physical start-up has taken place," Rosatom spokesman Sergei Novikov said at the Russian-built plant near Bushehr in southern Iran.” (Reuters Africa, “Start-up of Iran Bushehr plant has begun- Rosatom,” 08/21/10)

"Iranian banks have linked up with Oman's Bank Sohar, Russia's VTB Bank, Bank Sepah's Frankfurt branch, Austria's Raiffeisen Bank International AG, the Qatar National Bank and Russia's Swiss-registered Gazprombank in recent months." (February 13, 2018).
 

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Noted for conducting business with Iranian banks ("Iran's Dirty Banking", Avi Jorisch)

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"Sajjadi said on Friday that the shutdown had been ordered at short notice by VTB24, the retail banking arm of Russia's second-largest bank VTB, and that his own credit card had been blocked. The closure of the embassy staff's personal accounts, confirmed by VTB24, comes as Washington steps up efforts to block Iran's ability to conduct financial transactions and force it to the negotiating table over its nuclear programme. In a blog post headlined "VTB24 surrenders to the mercy of the USA" Sajjadi wrote that the bank had told embassy staff on Thursday to close their accounts by the end of the working day on Friday, or risk losing their deposits... A spokesman for VTB24, one of the largest retail banks in Russia, said it had informed the embassy in good time of its decision, which was made for business reasons." (Reuters, "Russian bank shuts down Iranian embassy accounts," 3/2/2012)

In a correspondance with the SEC in 2009, Mobile TeleSystems disclosed details regarding their signed agreements with Iran.

"The Company has roaming agreements with operators in Iran.  The International Roaming Agreement between OJSC “MTS” and Mobile Company of Iran (“MCI”) was signed April 24, 2006.  The International Roaming Agreement between OJSC “MTS” and “Taliya Iran” was signed November 18, 2006.  The International Roaming Agreement between OJSC “MTS” and MTN Irancell was signed May 25, 2008." (CORRESP for MOBILE TELESYSTEMS OJSC, 11/27/2009)

Russia’s media say the country’s aviation giant Sukhoi has signed a basic agreement with Iran to sell its Superjet 100 planes. Interfax news agency announced in a report that the agreement – which has been signed with an unnamed Iranian company – enables both sides to study the projected sales. The news agency quoted an anonymous Russia aviation official as confirming the development. The official added, however, that the agreement was still not binding. Hossein Alaei, the head of Iran’s Aseman Airlines, had earlier said his company was negotiating with Sukhoi as well as several other leading global plane makers to renovate its fleet. Alaei added that Sukhoi had carried out trial flights of its Superjet 100 last week in Tehran – what he said had been carried out at the invitation of Aseman Airlines. (Press TV,  "Sukhoi signs basic plane sales deal with Iran," 12/20/2016).

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In 2006, "Rosoboronexport contracted with Iran late July to modernize 30 Su-24 front bombers which may bear tactic nuclear weapons. The contract is to be executed by Sukhoi." (Kommersant, "Sanctions Imposed on Russian Companies Linked with Iran," 08/05/06)

"Russia has offered Iran its latest Antey-2500 missiles, the head of Russian state defense conglomerate Rostec said on Monday according to media reports, after a deal to supply less powerful S-300 missiles was dropped under Western pressure. Sergei Chemezov said Tehran was now considering the offer, TASS news agency reported. Russia scrapped a contract to supply Iran with S-300 surface-to-air missiles under Western pressure in 2010, and Iran later filed a $4-billion international arbitration suit against Russia in Geneva, but the two countries remain allies." (Reuters, "Russian offers Iran latest anti-aircraft missiles: TASS,"

2/23/15)

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"Russia's government-run weapons manufacturer is supplying equipment for Iran's missile program, intelligence documents recently presented to the US Congress indicate. According to intelligence estimates, this does not represent official cooperation between Moscow and Tehran, but rather demonstrates the inability of the Russian government to prevent state firms from engaging in illegal trade with the Islamic Republic. The Russian firm in question is Rosoboronexport, which supplied Iran with defensive missile systems in 2006 and continues to maintain business ties with Iran in the missile sector." (YnetNews, "Russian manufacturer selling missile equipment to Iran," 6/11/12)

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"For two years, the United States regarded Rosoboronexport, Russia’s official weapons exporter, as an international pariah for selling arms to Iran and Syria. Then, in 2010, the U.S. suddenly lifted sanctions against it. By June of this year, the reversal was complete: the Pentagon awarded the company a no-bid contract worth upwards of $1 billion… Rosoboronexport, whose annual revenues have grown to nearly $9 billion, had only recently been removed from the list of companies sanctioned by the U.S. State Department for violating U.S. laws prohibiting the sale of weapons to Iran and Syria. Among the suspected sales were surface-to-air missiles to Iran. But after sanctions were lifted, the Army went full steam ahead with plans to sole-source a $375 million contract to the Russian arms agency, now arguing that it was the only legitimate vendor of Russian armaments." (Wired, "Russian Firm Got No-Bid Pentagon Contract After Selling Arms to Iran," 8/31/11)

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"Russia's state arms export agency said Monday that it is supplying Iran with defensive weapons, including surface-to-air missiles, but did not say whether they include the sophisticated long-range S-300 missiles...Rosoboronexport said in a statement that 'only weapons of a defensive nature are being supplied to Iran, including anti-aircraft weaponry.' It added that, previously, Tor-M1 air-defense systems were supplied to Iran." (Associated Press, "Russia giving Iran only defensive weapons," 12/22/08)

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"Rosoboronexport contracted with Iran late July to modernize 30 Su-24 front bombers which may bear tactic nuclear weapons. The contract is to be executed by Sukhoi." (Kommersant, "Sanctions Imposed on Russian Companies Linked to Iran," 08/05/2006)

AtomStroyExport, subsidiary of Rosatom, and Nuclear Power Production and Development Company of Iran signed an EPC turnkey contract for construction of the units in Bushehr in November 2014. In March 2017 a ceremony to launch construction work was attended by NPDD and ASE.

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Atomstroyexport, called "Russia's main nuclear exporter," is under German investigation for possibly breaking European rules by transporting Iran-bound shipments through Europe: “The formal investigation into Russia's activities by Frankfurt prosecutors…provides a window into the extent of the ongoing nuclear traffic with Iran, as well as the international tug of war over how much of it to stop."

“Frankfurt prosecutors say they launched their investigations after customs officials seized air-freight cargo en route from Moscow to Tehran that they determined contained monitoring equipment bound for the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, which has been haltingly under construction since the 1970s. The EU argues that helping even the civilian side of Iran's nuclear program serves to strengthen the full nuclear program, so it prohibits dealings with Bushehr...The prosecutors are examining the alleged role in transporting nuclear-related supplies through Europe by workers of the three airlines, and of employees of the alleged source of the cargo—JSC AtomStroyExport, the export arm of Russia's Atomic Energy Ministry.

AtomStroyExport has been helping Iran at Bushehr since signing a $1 billion contract in 1995, the Russian firm's website says. Russia recently committed to opening the plant by August."

"Both Russia and Iran say AtomStroyExport's participation in the construction of the Bushehr plant is legal. An AtomStroyExport spokeswoman said none of its shipments were affected by sanctions, stopped by German investigators or addressed to Iran's atomic agency."

"A European intelligence official said he believed the shipments seized in Europe represent the "tip of the iceberg" of Russian shipments to Iran" (The Wall Street Journal, "Germany Probes Russian Shipments to Iran." 6/12/10).

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"Atomstroyexport JSC continues construction of Bushehr NPP, which was begun in 1974 by German concern Kraftwerk Union A.G. (Siemens/KWU). In 1980 the concern terminated the contract with the Iranian customer because of the decision of the German government to join the American embargo on the equipment supplies to Iran.

On August 24th, 1992 the Cooperation Agreement in the field of peaceful use of atomic energy was signed between the government of the Russian Federation and the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran and on August 25th, 1992 the Agreement was concluded on construction of the NPP in Iran. In January, 1995 the contract was signed for completion of construction of power unit No.1 of Bushehr NPP, and in 1998 Supplement No.1 to the above contract was signed according to which Atomstroyexport was assigned with management of the construction completion. Actually the countdown of construction of Bushehr NPP by the Russian party began in1998." (Company Website)

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"On February 25, 2009 Head of SC Rosatom, Mr. Sergey Kirienko, and President of Atomstroyexport JSC, Mr. Dan Belenkiy, made a working visit to the Site of Bushehr NPP being constructed on a “turnkey” basis by Atomstroyexport JSC. Loading of dummy fuel assemblies in the reactor of Unit No. 1 started during the visit." (Company Website)

Aeroflot Tehran has an office located at Imam Khomeini International Airport in Tehran.

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"Aeroflot will resume scheduled flights to Iran from April 2, the Russian air carrier’s press service said on Monday," after halting flights to Iran in mid March. (Tass, "Aeroflot to resume flights to Iran from April 2 — company," 3/21/22)

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"Russia’s Aeroflot, Kuwait Airways, China Southern Airlines, Oman Air and Oman’s SalamAir are scheduled to operate flights to Tehran over the weekend, according to their websites." (Reuters, "Factbox: Flights to Tehran canceled after Canada says Iranian missile brought down Ukraine jet," 1/10/2020).

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"A flight by Russian airline Aeroflot carrying Russian national Yulia Yuzik, who has been released from detention in Iran, landed in the Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow early on Thursday, the airport's online timetable showed." (Sputnik news, "Flight carrying Russian national Yuzik Released by Iran Lands in Moscow," 10/10/2019). 

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Aeroflot lists Pardisan Aero Services as its central office in Tehran, Iran.

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Flights run between Tehran's Imam Khomeini Airport (IKA) and multiple cities in Europe.