Mado (manufacturer)
The Iranian company known as Mado specializes in aircraft propulsion systems.[1][2][3]
The managing director of the Mado company, Yousef Aboutaleni, was sanctioned by the United States in 2021 for his role in the MT Mercer Street bombing.[1] The company's ownership list includes IRGC Brigadier General Abdollah Mehrabi.[1]
Sanctions
On 29 October 2021 the US added to its Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List both Aboutaleni and Mehrabi as well as Mado.[4][5]
On 29 October 2022 Mado Company and Aboutaleni were designated pursuant to Executive Order 13382 for having provided, or attempted to provide, financial, material, technological, or other support for, or goods or services in support of, the IRGC. At the same time, Mehrabi was designated pursuant to E.O. 13382 for acting or purporting to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, the IRGC ASF SSJO.[6][7][8][9][10][11]
Products
A non-exhaustive list, obtained from a 2014 trade fair, follows:[2]
- Mado MD26 1-cylinder 2-cycle engine
- Mado MD275 2-cylinder, horizontally opposed 2-cycle engine
- Mado MD550: a 4-cylinder, horizontally opposed 2-cycle engine
- MADO Wankel-type single-rotor engine similar in appearance to Chinese BMP MDR-208
- at least 8 types of wooden propellers
References
- ^ a b c "Iranian drone engines in the spotlight as Herzog visits US - analysis". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com.
- ^ a b Pyruz, Mark. "Takeaways from Iranian National Aerospace Exhibition 2014".
- ^ @mhmiranusa (December 19, 2019). "New pictures by @Reuters from US report to @UN Security Council on the UAV used for Aramco attack in Abqaiq. Shows its engine & vertical gyro compared to the ones from Iranian Shahed-123 UAV and a far picture of that delta wing UAV in an IRGC exhibition" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/recent-actions/20211029.
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