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### Viewing cable 09BAKU179, IRANIAN SOURCE NAMES "U.K.-REGISTERED" COMPANY AS

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Reference ID | Date | Classification | Origin
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09BAKU179 | 2009-03-06 12:12 | SECRET//NOFORN | Embassy Baku

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    P 061232Z MAR 09
    FM AMEMBASSY BAKU
    TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 0872
    INFO IRAN COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
    AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI PRIORITY
    AMEMBASSY ANKARA PRIORITY
    AMEMBASSY LONDON PRIORITY
    AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI PIORITY
    AMCONSUL ISTANBUL PRIORITY 012
    CDR USCENTCOM MACDILL AFB FL PRIORITY
    CDR USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GE PRIORITY
    CIA WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY
    DEPT OF TREASURY WASHDC PRIORITY
    DIA WASHDC PRIORITY
    JOINT STAFF WASHDC PRIORITY
    NSC WASHDC PRIORITY
    SECDEF WASHDC PRIORITY

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    S E C R E T BAKU 000179

    NOFORN

    E.O. 12958: DECL: 3/7/2019
    TAGS: ETTC ETRD ENRG UE UK TU AJ IR
    SUBJECT: IRANIAN SOURCE NAMES "U.K.-REGISTERED" COMPANY AS
    IRAN SANCTIONS-BUSTER POSSIBLY SUPPORTING BUSHEIR PROJECT

    Classified By: POLECON COUNSELOR ROB GARVERICK, REASON 1.5 (B and D)

    ¶1.  (S)  A well-connected Iranian businessman who owns a
    Baku-based oil services company told Baku Iran watcher that a
    company called "INSULTEC," owned by UK citizens of Indian
    origin, has secretly provided cladding, thermal insulation,
    and ancillary equipment to the government of Iran in a
    variety of shipments via Turkey and the U.A.E.  According to
    the Baku source, whose company operates in Russia,
    Kazakhstan, and the U.A.E. as well as Azerbaijan, the
    materials allegedly sent by INSULTEC in falsely labeled
    containers were of type that could be used in nuclear reactor
    construction.  Citing old Iran and Dubai based business
    friends allegedly familiar with the issue, the source said
    that INSULTEC has maintained a sanctions-evading relationship
    with Iranian government companies for some time.  Source said
    that the company was officially headquartered in the U.K.,
    and has offices in Germany, the USA, and elsewhere, its
    manufacturing base and the bulk of its staff are in India.

    ¶2.  (S) Perhaps more disturbingly, the source (who had just
    returned from ten days in Dubai) said that he had been
    informed by an Iranian friend who had collaborated in the
    activity that INSULTEC recently helped facilitate a shipment
    from the UAE to Iran consisting of twelve containers
    (possibly labeled "insulation") of unknown material that may
    not have actually originated with INSULTEC.  The source sai
    he was told by his friend that the shipment went by ship to
    Bandar Abbas and was trucked immediately to a final
    destination in Busheir.  The friend told source that another
    Iranian destination was falsely listed in the shipping
    documents, presumably to hide the actually intended
    destination of Busheir.

    ¶3.  (S) The Baku businessman is a UK-educated engineer from a
    prominent Pre-Revolution Isfahan family, and formerly owned a
    large factory in Iran.  He is a former national fencing
    champion of Iran. former President of the Iran Fencing
    Association, and Vice-President of an Azerbaijan sports
    association.  He has been based in Baku for more than ten
    years, working primarily as a sub-contractor to BP and the
    Cape Industrial Services company.  While his oil services
    company includes an insulation division that may be in
    competition with INSULTEC, source has provided "inside"
    information on many other Iranian issues (including
    comprehensive data on the status of new Iranian oil refinery
    construction) that does not relate to his private interests
    in any way.

    ¶4.  (S) Note: A quick google check revealed several companies
    with the name INSULTEC in the title - these may or not be
    affiliated.  Based on the information provided by source
    (currently in Iran, where he frequently travels), one
    possible candidate could be "INSULTEC Chitral Ltd."    End
    Note.

    DERSE

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