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Nine Foreign Companies Sanctioned by U.S. for Supplying Chemical Weapons, Missile Materials to Iran
The United States has issued sanctions against nine foreign companies for selling materials to Iran that could be used to make chemical weapons and missiles, the Associated Press reported last week (see GSN, Oct. 25, 2005). State Department spokesman Adam Ereli said the sanctions are based on “credible evidence.” Six of the companies are Chinese, while two are Indian and one Austrian. Under the sanctions, the U.S. government will not give export licenses to or purchase goods from the firms. The restrictions are allowed under the 2000 Iran Nonproliferation Act, which was passed to deter international support for Tehran’s WMD programs, according to AP. “It's an important and effective tool in constraining Iran's efforts to develop missile and weapons of mass destruction capabilities,” Ereli said. “It does have an impact, particularly in alerting governments to activity taking place in their countries.” The six sanctioned Chinese companies are: China Aerotechnology Import Export Corp., China North Industries Corp., Zibo Chemet Equipment Co., the Hongdu Aviation Industry Group, Ounion International Economic and Technical Cooperative Ltd., and the Limmt Metallurgy and Minerals Co. The Indian companies are Sabero Organics Chemical and Sandhya Organics Chemical, while the Austrian company is Steyr-Mannlicher (Barry Schweid, Associated Press/Washington Post, Dec. 28, 2005).
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