Identifier
Created
Classification
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08SEOUL650
2008-04-01 07:25:00
SECRET
Embassy Seoul
Cable title:  

SEOUL RESPONSE: IRAN'S USE OF BANK MELLAT FOR

Tags:  IR KNNP PARM PREL KS 
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PP RUEHBC RUEHDE RUEHDIR RUEHKUK
DE RUEHUL #0650 0920725
ZNY SSSSS ZZH
P 010725Z APR 08
FM AMEMBASSY SEOUL
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 9168
INFO RUCNIRA/IRAN COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY
S E C R E T SEOUL 000650 

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

STATE FOR ISN - NEW & CHALMERS, T, NEA, IO/PSC, AND EAP/K
TREASURY FOR OFAC

E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/01/2018
TAGS: IR KNNP PARM PREL KS
SUBJECT: SEOUL RESPONSE: IRAN'S USE OF BANK MELLAT FOR
PROLIFERATION ACTIVITIES

REF: STATE 30247

Classified By: EMIN ANDREW J. QUINN FOR REASONS 1.4 (B&D).

S E C R E T SEOUL 000650

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

STATE FOR ISN - NEW & CHALMERS, T, NEA, IO/PSC, AND EAP/K
TREASURY FOR OFAC

E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/01/2018
TAGS: IR KNNP PARM PREL KS
SUBJECT: SEOUL RESPONSE: IRAN'S USE OF BANK MELLAT FOR
PROLIFERATION ACTIVITIES

REF: STATE 30247

Classified By: EMIN ANDREW J. QUINN FOR REASONS 1.4 (B&D).


1. (S) On April 1, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
(MOFAT) Disarmament and Non-proliferation Division Director
Lee Jang-kuen thanked Econoff for the detailed, comprehensive
demarche/non-paper outlining Bank Mellat's proliferation
activities in Seoul (reftel). He reaffirmed the ROKG's
commitment to complete its ongoing investigation into Mellat
by the end of April.

2, (S) Having reviewed the non-paper before the meeting,
Lee observed that it did not identify any questionable Mellat
activities after November 2007. He said this appears to
reflect both the significant decline in Bank Mellat's
activities in Seoul and the extreme caution that the local
banking community attaches to doing business with Mellat,
following U/S Levey's mid-November visit To Seoul. Lee added
several ROKG agencies are now engaged in the Mellat
investigation, and all had taken note of the USG's serious
concerns about Mellat.
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