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Reference ID	Created	Released	Classification	Origin
08VALLETTA211	2008-05-21 05:27	2011-08-30 01:44	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	Embassy Valletta

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RUEHROV RUEHSR
DE RUEHVT #0211/01 1420527
ZNY CCCCC ZZH
O 210527Z MAY 08
FM AMEMBASSY VALLETTA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 1576
INFO RUCNMEM/EU MEMBER STATES COLLECTIVE
RUEHZL/EUROPEAN POLITICAL COLLECTIVE
RUCNIRA/IRAN COLLECTIVE
RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHDC

C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 03 VALLETTA 000211 
 
NOFORN 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR EUR/WE, TREASURY FOR CHRISTINE CLARK 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/20/2018 
TAGS: KTFN PTER EFIN PARM PGOV ETRD MT
SUBJECT: MALTESE FIRM REQUESTS GUIDANCE ON BUSINESS 
DEALINGS WITH IRAN 
 
REF: A. VALLETTA 89 
     ¶B. VALLETTA 132 
     ¶C. VALLETTA 190 
 
Classified By: DCM Jason Davis for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) 
 
This is an Action Request -- See Para 5. 
 
¶1.  (C) As reported reftels, Malta's Financial Services 
Authority (MFSA) has been quick to recognize the risks that 
financial transactions with Iranian banks pose to Malta's 
reputation.  In that context, MFSA Director General Andre 
Camilleri contacted post regarding a Maltese businessman, 
Mark Camilleri (no relation), who was interested in 
concluding a business deal with a private Iranian holding 
company.  The MFSA DG indicated that he had asked the Maltese 
businessman to brief the Embassy on his pending business deal 
as part of his due diligence. 
 
¶2. (C) The Maltese businessman, Mark Camilleri, told Conoff 
in late May that he was a partner in the Valletta-based law 
firm Camilleri, Delia, Randon and Associates, and that 
neither he nor his firm wished to engage in any activity that 
would subject them to "repercussions" from the USG or GoM. 
The "private Iranian entity" with which he intended to do 
business was the Iranian Investment Company (IIC), which he 
described as a large, privately held holding company with 
over 100 Iranian and other firms among its holdings (complete 
list at para 6). 
 
¶3. (C) Camilleri said he had a longstanding relationship with 
IIC CEO Reza Hamzehlou, and that during a late May visit to 
Malta, Hamzehlou had expressed an interest in working with 
Camilleri and his law firm to set up an IIC trading entity in 
Malta.  The reason given was that "ongoing privatization 
efforts" in Iran had given IIC an opportunity to purchase the 
Iranian government-owned firm "PetroPars" for USD 500 
million.  Hamzehlou told Camilleri that the global nature of 
PetroPars, along with the international activities of IIC's 
existing subsidiaries, had led IIC to decide to establish a 
corporate presence in Europe that would be better suited for 
trade with the west.  Camilleri described Hamzehlou and his 
partners who had also visited Malta (Merhdad Bagheri, Alirez 
Alaee Rahmani, and Seyed Amin Ghorashi Sarvestani) as 
reform-minded "moderates" who believed the current 
"situation" in Iran could be improved through the expansion 
of business ties to the west. 
 
¶4. (C) Camilleri provided copies of emails indicating that 
IIC has been looking for European partners to support, and 
possibly finance, the acquisition of PetroPars.  Other emails 
indicated that IIC had already begun purchasing PetroPars 
shares on the open market. 
 
¶5. (C) Action Request:  Post would welcome from the 
Department any guidance that could be offered to the GoM and 
MFSA regarding the IIC proposal to set up a "trading entity" 
in Malta. 
 
¶6. (U) Following is a list of firms IIC claims among its 
holdings: 
 
Kayson 
Arian Mojaddad Engineering Co. 
Itad Sanat Pouya Engineering Co. 
Farasar Construction Co. 
Tehran Darou Pharmacutical Co. 
Tehran Chemie Pharmaceutical Co. 
Iran Hormone Co. 
Hakim Pharmacutical Co. 
Ibrahim Asgarian Damavandi 
Masoud Asgarian Damavandi 
Mohammad Reza Asgarian Damavandi 
Mahmoud Asgarian Damavandi 
Amir Hussein Brojerdian 
Abhar Silica Co. 
Shisheh Mazrouf Yazd Co. 
Kaveh Silica Co. 
Bolour Shisheh Kaveh Co. 
Bolour Shisheh Taban Co. 
Kaveh Float Glass Co. 
Saveh Jam Co. 
Iran Float Glass Co. 
Kaveh Soda Chemical Industries Co. 
Mohammad Reza Karbalaee Ghadiri 
Rahmatollah Shamsi 
 
VALLETTA 00000211  002 OF 003 
 
 
Hadi Shamsoddini 
Kaveh Glass Industrial Group 
Fatemeh Brojerdian 
Ahmad Saberian 
Mohammad Saeed Sadegh Tehrani 
Javad Sadegh Tehrani 
Hussein Haji Seyed Solayman 
Abbass Haji Seyed Solayman 
Ali Haji Seyed Solaymani 
Akbar Lorpari Zanganeh 
Reza Mokhtari 
Mohammad Hussein Pashapour 
Ismael Karbalaee Ibrahim 
Abdolmajid Javadian 
Gholam Ali Mohammad Soltani 
Amim Co. 
Hezare Sevom Investment Co. 
Omid Investment & Business Co. 
Hassas Export Co. 
Jame Spinning, Weaving and Clothing Mills Co. 
Motahari Spinning and Weaving Mills Co. 
Alinaghi Seyed Khamoushi 
Iran Ofogh Industrial Development Co. 
Coloran Co. 
Lazak Persian Gulf Co. 
Yasaman Porcelain Industries Co. 
Yaran Pipe Rolling Co. 
Gameron Petro-Industrial Co. 
Alvand Persian Gulf Investment Co. 
Kavian Can Packaging Industries Co. 
Saman Sazan Bakhtar Co. 
Arian Paj International Investment & Development Co. 
Hami Gostareh Shargh Investment Co. 
Karafarin Bank 
Karafarin Insurance Co. 
Mazandaran Semnan Co. 
Iranian Financial Services Co. (IFS) 
Alavijeh Steel Cooperation 
Hassan Rahim Monfared 
Alireza Rahim Monfared 
Khouzestan Gypsum Industries Co. 
Yazd Gypsum Mills Co. 
Bank Saman 
Talash & Towseh Asia Co. 
Afsoun Ravan Co. 
Islamic Cooperation Society 
Hussein Gholi Razzaghi Darian 
Habib Razavi 
Ahmad Karimi Isfahani 
Mehdi Karimi Isfahani 
Bank saman Investment Co. 
Ali Akbar Haji Mohammad Hussein Kashi 
Imamali Karbasi Darian 
Ali Asghar Sarabi Dariani 
Iraj Mirza Ildorom 
Saeed Sarabi Dariani 
Narkangan Gas to Liquid International Co. 
Ibrahim Jamili 
Shervin Mokhtari 
Parsian Setareh Gharb Co. 
Technician Co. 
Simin Ran Nik Indusrial & Mining Co. 
Mohammad Ali Haji Moniri 
Hassan Shamsolhoda 
Iran Farmis Co. 
Gilan Steel Rollign Co. 
Risk Management Co. 
Mohsen Mohebbi 
Behrouz Mokhtari 
Mehdi Dadkhahe Tehrani 
Khalil Eltejaee 
Pars Nasim Co. 
Ayandehgar Co. 
Saman Insurance Co. 
Dara Commercial Co. 
Qeshm Energy Co. 
Alireza Alaee Rahmani 
Mohammad Reza Amir Hassan Khani 
Sirous Mokhtari 
Kimiafam Co. 
Moj News Agency 
Mohammad Javad Husseini 
Arkan Gas Co. 
Amir Hushang Amini 
Seyed Mostafa Miri Chemieh 
Omid Sahm Co. 
 
VALLETTA 00000211  003 OF 003 
 
 
Seyed Mehdi Ishaghizadeh 
Reza Amrollahi 
Iran Phosphor Co. 
Mehrdad Bagheri 
Hassan Khosrowjerdi 
Moridan Pars Co. 
Ahmad Salamin Niasar 
Oranous Seyd Co. 
Mohammad Javad Mohebbi 
Farhad Rahnama 
Mohammad Parham 
Turquoise Investment Co. 
Reza Hamzehlou 
Arasbaran Chemic Co. 
Jafar Zarrehbini 
Pars Gas Refinery Co. 
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