'The West Wing' Cast Reunites For Political Ad (VIDEO)

Posted: 09/20/2012 10:50 am EDT

"The West Wing" cast is back together for political ad.

"The West Wing" cast is back together, walking and talking, but it's not for a movie.

The cast of Aaron Sorkin's NBC political drama reunited in support of Bridget Mary McCormack, the sister of series star Mary McCormack, who is running for the Michigan Supreme Court. In the video, the cast discusses why it's important to remember to vote in the nonpartisan part of the ballot. The cast reprises their famous "West Wing" roles, including Martin Sheen playing the president once again.

Series star Josh Malina, who can now be seen on "Scandal," tweeted photos from the set of the political ad and teased it as a "West Wing" movie.

This isn't the first "West Wing" reunion of 2012. The cast previously reunited for a Funny or Die video to promote walking.

‘West Wing’ Cast Re-Unites For Voting Ad

Leave it up to the cast of the “West Wing” to turn a rather mundane voting issue into a catastrophe so important it can only be described as “a cataclysmic event unrivaled by the likes of any calamity since the dawn of history.”  

With a hefty dose of walk-and-talk action, a splash of Josh Lyman drama and a lofty endorsement from President Bartlett aka Martin Sheen, the re-united cast reminds voters in November to check every box on their ballot, not just those for president and Congress, in an ad put out by Michigan Supreme Court candidate Bridget McCormack.

“This is a disaster, it’s a catastrophe,” says Bradley Whitford, who played deputy chief of staff Josh Lyman in the hit TV show. “People walk into the voting booth, they check the straight party ticket box and they think they’ve voted for everything. But they haven’t. They still have to vote in the non-partisan section of the ballot.”

In 15 states, voters can select the “vote straight ticket Republican” or “vote straight ticket Democrat” at the top of the ballot rather than marking their picks in each race. But because some of those states have nonpartisan races, such as state Supreme Court Justices in Michigan, that one check mark equates to leaving part of the ballot blank.

“If people fail to realize that a straight ticket vote doesn’t count in nonpartisan races if they just casually vote the party line then their interest will continue to go unrepresented,” President Bartlett, played by Martin Sheen, says in the ad.

Sheen, Whitford, and five other members of the “West Wing” cast star in the 4-minute ad supporting McCormack, whose sister, actress Mary McCormack, played President Bartlett’s national security advisor Mary Shannon in the show.

“Just getting more people to dig in and vote is the main goal of the little piece,” Bridget McCormack said. “My hope is it interests more people in the race. If they get interested in me and start supporting me that’s great, but if more people just participate generally that’s a huge win.”

In the ad, Josh Lyman describes McCormack as a lawyer who ‘spent her entire career fighting for justice for ordinary people, for families with sick kids for victims of domestic violence.” Toby Ziegler, who is played by actor Richard Schiff, describes her as a “married, mother of four, dean at Michigan Law.”

A shorter 3-minute version of the ad cuts out the portion about McCormack and serves as a public service announcement encouraging people to vote for every race on the ticket. According to McCormack’s campaign, 27 percent of the Michigan voters who cast a ballot in 2010 did not fill out the entire thing, leaving the non-partisan races such as hers blank.

McCormack credited her sister, who most recently starred in the USA drama “In Plain Sight,” for bringing her old “West Wing” crew back together for the ad. The cast has reunited only one other time since the show went off the air in 2006. The other was for a public service announcement for walking. 

The spot is a web-only ad and will not air on TV. Because the actors donated their time, McCormack said the spot cost her campaign less than $5,000, which was used to pay for insurance, food and a prop or two.

Tracking the world's efforts to punish Entities supporting proliferation in Iran

Updated August 30, 2012

As of this month, the United Nations, the United States and the European Union have hit over 400 Iranian individuals and organizations with financial penalties. This punishment, meted out in stages since 2005, has been the world’s main response to Iran’s efforts to develop long-range missiles and the ability to arm them with nuclear warheads. Most of the Iranian entities punished are linked to these efforts. Increasingly, however, governments are broadening the scope of sanctions in an effort to hinder Iran's overall economy -- targeting entities such as banks, transport and energy companies, and organizations and individuals linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
The punishment has largely meant freezing the assets of the entities and prohibiting virtually all transactions with them. See the table below for a list of the entities targeted so far.
The United States, the United Nations, and the European Union have not all chosen the same targets. The U.N. Security Council has approved four sanctions resolutions requiring member states to freeze the assets of 120 entities; the United States has largely relied on an executive order targeting proliferators of mass destruction weapons to freeze the assets of 263 entities (1); and the European Union has implemented financial sanctions against 381.

• The United States has the broadest network of general restrictions prohibiting business with Iran, and has not shied away from designating most Iranian banks as well as key organizations like the IRGC, the Ministry of Defense Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL) and the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL), Iran's national maritime carrier. U.S. law also allows for sanctions against foreign firms that invest in Iran’s energy sector or that help Iran buy gasoline by providing shipping, insurance or financing (above a certain amount annually).
• The European Union has blacklisted the largest number of distinct entities linked to Iran’s nuclear and missile work, including a number of companies linked to procurement and manufacturing for Iran’s uranium enrichment program (31). Since 2010, the European Union has broadened sanctions by targeting a number of major banks as well as the IRGC, IRISL, and dozens of IRISL front companies (most also blacklisted by the United States). The European Union has also prohibited new investment in Iran’s energy sector, the supply of "key equipment and technology” to this sector, and is now considering an outright embargo on Iranian oil.
• The Security Council, impeded by foot-draggers like Russia and China, has preferred to target a limited number of well-known entities directly linked to Iran’s nuclear and missile efforts. The Council has designated only a handful of companies and individuals linked to the IRGC and IRISL, and only one bank. Despite Iran’s progress in proscribed nuclear and missile work, and mounting evidence of nuclear weapon-relevant projects, the Security Council is not expected to adopt additional sanctions in the near term. The last U.N. sanctions resolution was adopted in June 2010 – some two years ago.
  

The table below reveals who has been sanctioned by whom. A yellow-filled box indicates that no financial sanctions have yet been imposed; a date indicates when the sanction occurred. When available, each entity’s name is linked to a description of its activities (from the Iran Watch Suspect Entities database) and each date is linked to the authority for the designation (from the Iran Watch Library). Because many of the IRISL-related entities designated by the United States and the European Union are in fact shell companies (2), they have not been entered in the table or counted in the overall tally. Their names are referenced in the notes section at the bottom of this page.

NAME	DATE OF SANCTIONS
Organizations	U.N. Security Council	European Union	United States
Abzar Boresh Kaveh Co.	3-Mar-2008	12-Mar-2008	7-Apr-2009
Advanced Information and Communication Technology Center			12-Jul-2012
Aerospace Industries Organization (AIO)		24-Apr-2007	28-Jun-2005
Amin Industrial Complex	9-Jun-2010	19-Jun-2010	7-Apr-2009
Ammunition and Metallurgy Industries Group (AMIG)	24-Mar-2007	21-Apr-2007	8-Jul-2008
Ansar Bank		23-May-2011	21-Dec-2010
Aran Modern Devices		23-May-2011
Aras Farayande		23-May-2011
Arfa Paint Company		27-Jul-2010	21-Nov-2011
Arfeh Company		27-Jul-2010	21-Nov-2011
Aria Nikan		1-Dec-2011
Arian Bank		27-Jul-2010	25-Oct-2007
Armament Industries Group	9-Jun-2010	24-Apr-2007	17-Sept-2008
Armed Forces Georgraphical Organization		24-Jun-2008
Arya Niroo Nik		27-Jul-2010
Ashtian Tablo		23-May-2011
Asia Marine Network Pte. Ltd. (3)		27-Jul-2010	10-Sept-2008
Assa Corporation		27-Jul-2010	17-Dec-2008
Assa Company Limited		27-Jul-2010	17-Dec-2008
Atlantic Intermodal		1-Dec-2011	20-Jun-2011
Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI)	23-Dec-2006	20-Apr-2007	28-Jun-2005
Azarab Industries		27-Jul-2010
Azores Shipping Company LL FZE		1-Dec-2011	20-Jun-2011
Bals Alman		23-May-2011
Bank of Industry and Mine			17-May2011
Banco Internacional de Desarollo, C.A.		27-Jul-2010	22-Oct-2008
Bank Kargoshaee		27-Jul-2010	25-Oct-2007
Bank Mellat, its branches and subsidiaries (4)		27-Jul-2010	25-Oct-2007
Bank Melli Iran, its branches and subsidiaries		24-Jun-2008	25-Oct-2007
Bank Melli Iran Investment Company		27-Jul-2010	3-Mar-2009
Mir Business Bank Zao (Bank Melli Iran Zao)		24-Jun-2008	25-Oct-2007
Bank Melli Printing and Publishing Co.		27-Jul-2010	3-Mar-2009
Bank Refah		27-Jul-2010	17-Feb-2011
Bank Saderat Iran, its branches and subsidiaries (5)		27-Jul-2010	25-Oct-2007
Bank Saderat PLC		27-Jul-2010	25-Oct-2007
Bank Sepah	24-Mar-2007	21-Apr-2007	9-Jan-2007
Bank Sepah International	24-Mar-2007	21-Apr-2007	9-Jan-2007
Bank Tejarat		23-Jan-2012	23-Jan-2012
Bank Torgovoy Kapital ZAO			23-Jan-2012
Banque Sina (6)		27-Jul-2010	3-Aug-2010
Bargh Azaraksh		1-Dec-2011
Barzagani Tejarat Tavanmad Saccal companies	3-Mar-2008	12-Mar-2008
Behineh Trading Co.	18-Apr-2012	1-Dec-2011	27-Mar-2012
Behnam Sahriyari Trading Company		23-Jan-2012	23-Jun-2011
BMIIC International General Trading Ltd.			3-Mar-2009
Bonab Research Center		23-May-2011
Bonyad Taavon Sepah		23-May-2011	21-Dec-2010
Boustead Shipping Agencies Sdn Bhd		1-Dec-2011
Bright-Nord GmbH und Co. KG (7)		1-Dec-2011
Bushehr Shipping Company Limited (Tehran)		27-Jul-2010	13-Aug-2010
Carvana Company			1-Feb-2011
Cement Investment and Development Company		27-Jul-2010	3-Mar-2009
Center for Innovation and Technology Cooperation			12-Jul-2012
Central Bank of Iran		23-Jan-2012	14-Nov-1979 (1)
CISCO Shipping Co. Ltd.		27-Jul-2010	10-Sept-2008
Cruise Missile Industry Group	24-Mar-2007	21-Apr-2007	16-Jun-2010
Crystal Shipping FZE		1-Dec-2011	20-Jun-2011
Deep Offshore Technology PJS			28-Mar-2012
Defense Industries Organization (DIO)	23-Dec-2006	20-Apr-2007	30-Mar-2007
Defense Technology and Science Research Center (DTSRC)	9-Jun-2010	24-Apr-2007
Diamond Shipping Services (DSS)		1-Dec-2011
Digital Media Lab			12-Jul-2012
Doostan International Company	9-Jun-2010	19-Jun-2010
EDBI Exchange Company		27-Jul-2010	22-Oct-2008
EDBI Stock Brokerage Company		27-Jul-2010	22-Oct-2008
Elbrus Ltd.		1-Dec-2011
Electronic Component Industries (ECI)		23-May-2011
Electro Sanam Company	3-Mar-2008	12-Mar-2008
EMKA Company		23-May-2011
Equipment Supplier for Nuclear Industries Corporation (ESNICO)		27-Jul-2010
Esfahan Nuclear Fuel Research and Production Center and Esfahan Nuclear Technology Center	24-Mar-2007	21-Apr-2007	12-Aug-2008
Etemad Amin Invest Co Mobin		27-Jul-2010
Ettehad Technical Group	3-Mar-2008	12-Mar-2008
Europaisch-Iranische Handelsbank AG		23-May-2011	9-Sept-2010
Export Development Bank of Iran (EDBI)		27-Jul-2010	22-Oct-2008
Eyvaz Technic		1-Dec-2011
Fairway Shipping LTD		1-Dec-2011	20-Jun-2011
Fajr Aviation Composite Industries		27-Jul-2010
Fajr Industrial Group (8)	23-Dec-2006	20-Apr-2007	8-Jun-2007
Farasakht Industries	9-Jun-2010	19-Jun-2010	17-Sept-2008
Farasepehr Engineering Company		27-Jul-2010	21-Nov-2011
Farayand Technique	23-Dec-2006	20-Apr-2007	8-Jun-2007
Fater Engineering Institute	9-Jun-2010	19-Jun-2010	10-Feb-2010
Fatsa		1-Dec-2011
First East Export Bank (FEEB)	9-Jun-2010	19-Jun-2010	5-Nov-2009
First Persian Equity Fund		27-Jul-2010	3-Mar-2009
Fulmen (9)		27-Jul-2010	21-Nov-2011
Future Bank B.S.C.		27-Jul-2010	12-Mar-2008
Ghani Sazi Uranium Company		1-Dec-2011
Gharargahe Sazandegi Ghaem	9-Jun-2010	19-Jun-2010	25-Oct-2007
Ghorb-e Karbala	9-Jun-2010	19-Jun-2010	25-Oct-2007
Ghorb Nooh	9-Jun-2010	19-Jun-2010	25-Oct-2007
Good Luck Shipping Company		1-Dec-2011	12-Jul-2012
Great Ocean Shipping Services L.L.C. (30)		1-Dec-2011	20-Jun-2011
Hafiz Darya Shipping Company (HDS Lines)		27-Jul-2010	16-Jun-2010
Hanseatic Trade Trust & Shipping (HTTS) GmbH (10)		27-Jul-2010	27-Oct-2010
Hara Company	9-Jun-2010	19-Jun-2010	25-Oct-2007
Hirbod Co.		23-May-2011
Hosseini Nejad Trading Co.		27-Jul-2010	21-Nov-2011
Ideal Success Investments Limited			13-Jan 2011
Imensazen Consultant Engineers Institute (ICEI)	9-Jun-2010	19-Jun-2010	10-Feb-2010
Industrial Development & Renovation Organization (IDRO) (6)		27-Jul-2010	3-Aug-2010
Industrial Factories of Precision (IFP) Machinery4 (11)	3-Mar-2008	12-Mar-2008	8-Jun-2007
Information Systems Iran (ISIRAN)			12-Jul-2012
Institute of Applied Physics		23-May-2011
International General Resourcing FZE			12-Jul-2012
Iran Air			23-Jun-2011
Iran Aircraft Industries (IACI)		27-Jul-2010
Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industries		27-Jul-2010	17-Sept-2008
Iranair Tours			23-Jun-2011
Iran Centrifuge Technology Company		27-Jul-2010	21-Nov-2011
Iran Communications Industries		27-Jul-2010	17 Sept-2008
Iran Electronics Industries		24-Jun-2008	17-Sept-2008
Iranian Aviation Industries Organization (IAIO)		27-Jul-2010
Iranian Offshore Engineering & Construction Co (IOEC)		1-Dec-2011
Iran Insurance Company (6)		27-Jul-2010	16-June-2010
Iran Marine Industrial Company (SADRA)		23-May-2011	28-Mar-2012
Iran o Hind Shipping Company	9-Jun-2010	19-Jun-2010	10-Sept-2008
Iran o Misr Shipping Company		27-Jul-2010	10-Sept-2008
Iran Pooya		1-Dec-2011
Iran Saffron Company		27-Jul-2010	21-Nov-2011
Iran Transfo		23-May-2011
IRGC Air Force		24-Jun-2008	16-Jun-2010
IRGC-Air Force Al-Ghadir Missile Command		27-Jul-2010
IRGC Missile Command			16-Jun-2010
IRGC-Qods Force10 (5)		27-Jul-2010	25-Oct-2007
Irinvestship Ltd.		27-Jul-2010	10-Sept-2008
Irital Shipping SRL Company		27-Jul-2010	10-Sept-2008
IRISL Benelux NV	9-Jun-2010	19-Jun-2010	10-Sept-2008
IRISL China Shipping Co., Ltd. (12)		27-Jul-2010	10-Sept-2008
IRISL Club		27-Jul-2010
IRISL Europe Gmbh		27-Jul-2010 (13)	10-Sept-2008 (14)
IRISL (Malta) Limited		27-Jul-2010 (15)	10-Sept-2008 (16)
IRISL Marine Services & Engineering Company		27-Jul-2010	10-Sept-2008
IRISL Maritime Training Institute		1-Dec-2011
IRISL Multimodal Transport Co.		27-Jul-2010	10-Sept-2008
IRISL (UK) Ltd.		27-Jul-2010	10-Sept-2008
Isfahan Optics		27-Jul-2010
ISI Maritime Limited (Malta)		27-Jul-2010	13-Aug-2010
Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) (4)		27-Jul-2010	10-Sept-2008 (17)
Islamic Revoluationary Guard Corps (IRGC)		27-Jul-2010	25-Oct-2007
Jabber Ibn Hayan	3-Mar-2008	24-Apr-2007	12-Aug-2008
Javedan Mehr Toos		27-Jul-2010	16-Jun-2010
Joza Industrial Co.	3-Mar-2008	12-Mar-2008	12-Aug-2008
Kala Naft		27-Jul-2010	16-Jun-2010 (6)
Kalaye Electric Company	23-Dec-2006	20-Apr-2007	16-Feb-2007
Karaj Nuclear Research Center	24-Mar-2007	21-Apr-2007	12-Aug-2008
Karanir		1-Dec-2011
Kaveh Cutting Tools Company (18)	9-Jun-2010	19-Jun-2010	7-Apr-2009
Kavoshyar Company	24-Mar-2007	21-Apr-2007	16-Feb-2007
Khala Afarin Pars		1-Dec-2011
Khatem-ol Anbiya Construction Organization	9-Jun-2010	24-Jun-2008	25-Oct-2007
Khaybar Company		1-Dec-2011
Khazar Sea Shipping Lines		27-Jul-2010 (28)	10-Sept-2008
Khorasan Metallurgy Industries	3-Mar-2008	12-Mar-2008	7-Apr-2009
Kish Shipping Line Manning Company		1-Dec-2011
Lancelin Shipping Company Limited		23-May-2011	27-Oct-2010
Leading Maritime PTE. LTD.			20-Jun-2011
MAAA Synergy		23-May-2011
Machine Pardazan Co.			1-Feb-2011
Machine Sazi Arak		27-Jul-2010	3-Aug-2010 (6)
Macpar Makina San Ve Tic		1-Dec-2011	1-Feb-2011
Makin Institute	9-Jun-2010	19-Jun-2010	10-Feb-2010
Malek Ashtar University	9-Jun-2010	24-Jun-2008	12-Jul-2012
Marble Shipping Limited (Malta)		27-Jul-2010	13-Aug-2010
Marine Industries Group		24-Apr-2007
Marou Sanat		23-May-2011
MASNA (Moierat Saakht Niroogahye Atomi Iran) Managing Company for the Construction of Nuclear Power Plants		27-Jul-2010
Mobin Sanjesh		1-Dec-2011
Mohandesi Toseh Sokht Atomi Company (MATSA)		1-Dec-2011
Mazandaran Cement Company		27-Jul-2010	3-Mar-2009
Mazandaran Textile Company		27-Jul-2010	3-Mar-2009
M. Babaie Industries	9-Jun-2010	19-Jun-2010	13-Jan-2011
Mechanical Industry		24-Jun-2008
Mehr Bank		23-May-2011	21-Dec-2010
Mehr Cayman Ltd.		27-Jul-2010	3-Mar-2009
Mehr-e Eqtesad-e Iranian Investment Company			23-June-2011
Mellat Bank SB CJSC		27-Jul-2010	25-Oct-2007
Melli Agrochemical Company PJS		27-Jul-2010	3-Mar-2009
Melli Bank PLC		24-Jun-2008	25-Oct-2007
Melli Investment Holding International		27-Jul-2010	3-Mar-2009
Mesbah Energy Company	23-Dec-2006	20-Apr-2007	4-Jan-2006
Ministry of Defense Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL)	9-Jun-2010	24-Jun-2008	25-Oct-2007
Ministry of Defense Logistics Export (MODLEX)		24-Jun-2008	12-Jul-2012
Mizan Machine Manufacturing Group	9-Jun-2010	24-Jun-2008	8-Jun-2007
Moallem Insurance Company			21-Dec-2010
Mobile Value-Added Services Laboratory			12-Jul-2012
Modern Industries Technique Company	9-Jun-2010	19-Jun-2010	21-Nov-2011
Modern Technologies FTZ (MTFZC)		23-May-2011
Multimat Import and Export		1-Dec-2011	1-Feb-2011
Naserin Vahid		27-Jul-2010
Neda Industrial Group		23-May-2011	22-Sep-2008 (19)
Neka Novin		23-May-2011	21-Nov-2011
Niru Battery Manufacturing Company	3-Mar-2008	12-Mar-2008	7-Apr-2009
Noavaran Pooyamoj		23-May-2011
Noor Afza Gostar		23-May-2011	21-Nov-2011
Novin Energy Company	24-Mar-2007	21-Apr-2007	4-Jan-2006
Nuclear Fuel Production and Procurement Company (NFPC)		24-Apr-2007
Nuclear Research Center for Agriculture and Medicine (20)	9-Jun-2010	19-Jun-2010
Oasis Freight Agencies (30)		27-Jul-2010	10-Sept-2008
Ocean Express Agencies Private Limited		1-Dec-2011
Oil Turbo Compressor Company (OTC)		1-Dec-2011
Omran Sahel	9-Jun-2010	19-Jun-2010	25-Oct-2007
Onerbank ZAO		23-May-2011	3-Aug-2010
Oriental Oil Kish	9-Jun-2010	19-Jun-2010	25-Oct-2007
OTS Steinweg Agency		1-Dec-2011
Pacific Shipping DMCEST		1-Dec-2011	20-Jun-2011
Parchin Chemical Industries	24-Mar-2007	21-Apr-2007	8-Jul-2008
Pars Aviation Services Company	24-Mar-2007	21-Apr-2007
Pars Trash Company	23-Dec-2006	20-Apr-2007	8-Jun-2007
Parto Sanat Co		27-Jul-2010	21-Nov-2011
Passive Defense Organization		27-Jul-2010
Paya Partov		23-May-2011	21-Nov-2011
Pearl Energy Company		23-May-2011	30-Nov-2010
Pearl Energy Services, SA		23-May-2011	30-Nov-2010
Pearl Ship Management L.L.C. (30)			20-Jun-2011
Pejman Industrial Services	9-Jun-2010	19-Jun-2010
Pentane Chemistry Industries			12-Jul-2012
Persia International Bank PLC		27-Jul-2010	25-Oct-2007
Pioneer Energy Industries Development Company	3-Mar-2008	12-Mar-2008	16-Feb-2007
Post Bank		27-Jul-2010	16-Jun-2010
Pouya Control		23-May-2011
Qods Aeronautics Industries	24-Mar-2007	21-Apr-2007
Qualitest FZE		23-May-2011
Raad Iran		23-May-2011
Rahab (Engineering) Institute	9-Jun-2010	19-Jun-2010	10-Feb-2010
Rah Sahel	9-Jun-2010	19-Jun-2010	16-Jun-2010
Raka		27-Jul-2010
Research Centre for Explosion and Impact		1-Dec-2011
Research Institute of Nuclear Science & Technology		27-Jul-2010
Rosmachin		23-Jan-2012
Royal-Med Shipping Agency Ltd			1-Feb-2011
Sabalan Company (21)	9-Jun-2010	19-Jun-2010
Sad Export Import Company		23-Jan-2012	23-May-2011 (1)
Safa Nicu		23-May-2011
Safety Equipment Procurement (SEP)	3-Mar-2008	12-Mar-2008	12-Aug-2008
Safiran Payam Darya Shipping Lines (SAPID)		27-Jul-2010 (22)	16-Jun-2010
Sahand Aluminum Parts Industrial Company (SAPICO) (21)	9-Jun-2010	19-Jun-2010
Sahel Consultant Engineers	9-Jun-2010	19-Jun-2010	25-Oct-2007
Sakhte Turbopomp va Kompressor (SATAK)		23-May-2011
Saman Nasb Zayendeh Rood		1-Dec-2011
Saman Tose'e Asia (SATA)		1-Dec-2011
Samen Industries		1-Dec-2011
Sanam Industrial Group	24-Mar-2007	21-Apr-2007	18-Jul-2006
Schiller Novin		27-Jul-2010
Seibow Limited (23)		1-Dec-2011	16-Jun-2010
Seibow Logistics		1-Dec-2011	16-Jun-2010
Sepanir Oil and Gas Engineering Co.	9-Jun-2010	19-Jun-2010	16-Jun-2010
Sepasad Engineering Company	9-Jun-2010	19-Jun-2010	25-Oct-2007
Shahid Ahmad Kazemi Industrial Group		27-Jul-2010	13-Jan-2011
Shahid Bagheri Industrial Group (SBIG)	23-Dec-2006	20-Apr-2007	28-Jun-2005
Shahid Beheshti University		23-May-2011
Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group (SHIG)	23-Dec-2006	20-Apr-2007	28-Jun-2005
Shahid Karrazi Industries	9-Jun-2010	19-Jun-2010
Shahid Sattari Industries	9-Jun-2010	19-Jun-2010	8-Jul-2008
Shahid Sayyade Shirazi Industries	9-Jun-2010	19-Jun-2010	7-Apr-2009
Shakhese Behbud Sanat		27-Jul-2010
Shetab G.		27-Jul-2010	21-Nov-2011
Shetab Gaman		27-Jul-2010	21-Nov-2011
Shetab Trading		27-Jul-2010	21-Nov-2011
Shipping Computer Services Company		27-Jul-2010	10-Sept-2008
Shiraz Electronics Industries		23-May-2011	17-Sept-2008
Sho’a’ Aviation	24-Mar-2007	21-Apr-2007
Shomal Cement Company		27-Jul-2010	3-Mar-2009
Simatic			21-Nov-2011
Sinose Maritime PTE. LTD.		1-Dec-2011	20-Jun-2011
Soroush Sarzamin Asatir Ship Management Company		27-Jul-2010	16-Jun-2010
South Shipping Line Iran	9-Jun-2010	19-Jun-2010	10-Sept-2008
South Way Shipping Agency Co Ltd		27-Jul-2010
Special Industries Group	9-Jun-2010	24-Apr-2007
Starry Shine International Limited			13-Jan 2011
State Purchasing Organization (SPO)		24-Jun-2008
Step Standard Technical Part		1-Dec-2011	1-Feb-2011
Sun Middle East FZ Company		23-May-2011
SUREH (Nuclear Reactors Fuel Company)		23-May-2011	21-Nov-2011
Surena		1-Dec-2011
TABA (Iran Cutting Tools Manufacturing)		1-Dec-2011
Taghtiran		23-May-2011
Tajhiz Sanat Shayan (TSS)		23-May-2011
TAMAS Company	3-Mar-2008	24-Apr-2007	8-Jul-2008
Technology Cooperation Office		27-Jul-2010
Test Tafsir		1-Dec-2011
Tidewater Middle East Co.		23-Jan-2012	23-Jun-2011
Tiz Pars (21)	9-Jun-2010	19-Jun-2010
Top Glacier Company Limited			13-Jan 2011
Top Prestige Trading Limited			13-Jan 2011
Tosse Silooha		1-Dec-2011
Trade Capital Bank			23-Jan-2012
Turbine Engineering Manufacturing (TEM)		23-Jan-2012
Universal Transportation Limitation Utl		1-Dec-2011
Valfajr 8th Shipping Line Co SSK		27-Jul-2010	10-Sept-2008
Walship SA		1-Dec-2011
West Sun Trade GMBH		23-May-2011	3-Aug-2011
Y.A.S. Co. Ltd		27-Jul-2010	21-Nov-2011
Ya Mahdi Industries Group (YMA)	24-Mar-2007	21-Apr-2007	18-Jul-2006
Yarsanat		1-Dec-2011
Yas Air		1-Dec-2011	27-Mar-2012
Yasa Part, its branches and subsidiaries (29)		27-Jul-2010	21-Nov-2011
Yazd Metallurgy Industries	9-Jun-2010	19-Jun-2010	7-Apr-2009
7th of Tir	23-Dec-2006	20-Apr-2007	8-Jul-2008
	77	273	204

Persons	U.N. Security Council	European Union	United States
Fereidoun Abbasi-Davani	24-Mar-2007	21-Apr-2007
Ali Afzali			30-Nov-2010
Azim Aghajani (Adhajani)	18-Apr-2012	1-Dec-2011	27-Mar-2012
Dawood Agha-Jani	23-Dec-2006	20-Apr-2007	8-Jul-2008
Reza Aghazadeh		24-Apr-2007
Vice Admiral Ali Akbar Ahmadian	24-Mar-2007	21-Apr-2007	25-Oct-2007
Mahmoud Amadian		23-May-2011
Massoud Akhavan-Fard		23-May-2011
Amir Moayyed Alai	3-Mar-2008	24-Apr-2007
Behman Asgarpour	23-Dec-2006	20-Apr-2007
Mohammad Fedai Ashiani	3-Mar-2008	24-Apr-2007
Abbas Rezaee Ashtiani	3-Mar-2008	12-Mar-2008
Alireza Ghezel Ayagh			20-Jun-2011
Davoud Babaei		1-Dec-2011
Hassan Bahadori		1-Dec-2011
Bahmanyar Morteza Bahmanyar	23-Dec-2006	20-Apr-2007	25-Oct-2007
Haleh Bakhtiar	3-Mar-2008	24-Apr-2007
Adrian Baldacchino			1-Feb-2011
Naser Bateni		1-Dec-2011	27-Oct-2010
Morteza Behzad	3-Mar-2008	24-Apr-2007
Sayed Shamsuddin Borborudi		1-Dec-2011
Dr. Peyman Noori Brojerdi		1-Dec-2011
Mohhammad Hossein Dajmar		23-May-2011	30-Nov-2010
Kamran Daneshjoo (Daneshjou)		1-Dec-2011
IRGC Brigadier-General Javad Darvish-Vand		24-Jun-2008
Ahmad Vahid Dastjerdi	23-Dec-2006	20-Apr-2007	25-Oct-2007
Ahmad Derakhshandeh	24-Mar-2007	21-Apr-2007	9-Jan-2007
Ali Divandari			5-Nov-2009
Cagri Duransoy			1-Feb-2011
Muammer Kuntay Duransoy			1-Feb-2011
Mansour Eslami		1-Dec-2011	27-Oct-2010
Dr. Mohammad Eslami	3-Mar-2008	12-Mar-2008
Reza-Gholi Esmaeli	23-Dec-2006	20-Apr-2007	25-Oct-2007
Ali Ezati			28-Mar-2012
Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi		27-Jul-2010	12-Jul-2012
Mohsen Fakhrizadeh-Mahabadi	24-Mar-2007	21-Apr-2007	8-Jul-2008
Mahin Falsafi			1-Feb-2011
Dr. Hoseyn Faqihian		24-Apr-2007
IRGC Brigadier-General Seyyed Mahdi Farahi		24-Jun-2008
Mohammad Moghaddami Fard		1-Dec-2011	20-Jun-2011
Parviz Fatah		27-Jul-2010	21-Dec-2010
Daniel Frosch			12-Jul-2012
Esmail Ghani			27-Mar-2012
Gholam Hossein Ghezelayagh		1-Dec-2011
Gholam Hossein Golparvar		1-Dec-2011	30-Nov-2010
Mojtaba Haeri		24-Jun-2008
Brigadier-General Mohammad Hejazi	24-Mar-2007	21-Apr-2007	25-Oct-2007
Mohsen Hojati	24-Mar-2007	21-Apr-2007	8-Jul-2008
IRGC Brigadier-General Ali Hoseynitash		24-Jun-2008
Seyyed Hussein Hosseini	3-Mar-2008	24-Apr-2007
Mohammad Ali Jafari		24-Jun-2008	16-Jun-2010
Mani Jafari			1-Feb-2011
Milad Jafari		1-Dec-2011	1-Feb-2011
Mohammad Javad Jafari			1-Feb-2011
Dr. Mohammad Jahromi		1-Dec-2011
Mahmood Jannatian		24-Jun-2008
Ali Karimian		1-Dec-2011
Mehrdada Akhlaghi Ketabachi	24-Mar-2007	21-Apr-2007	8-Jul-2008
Jamshid Khalili			20-Dec-2011 (24)
Said Esmail Khalilipour		24-Apr-2007
Ali Reza Khanchi		24-Apr-2007
Majid Khansari		1-Dec-2011
Mahmoud Reza Khavari		1-Dec-2011
Ali Hajinia Leilabadi	23-Dec-2006	20-Apr-2007	15-Jun-2007
Fereydoun Mahmoudian		27-Jul-2010
Ebrahim Mahmudzadeh		24-Jun-2008
Hamid-Reza Mohajerani	3-Mar-2008	24-Apr-2007
Jafar Mohammadi	23-Dec-2006	20-Apr-2007
Mohammad Mohammadi		1-Dec-2011
Brigadier-General Beik Mohammadlu		24-Jun-2008
Dr. M H Mohebian		1-Dec-2011
Mohammad Mokhber		27-Jul-2010
Naser Maleki	24-Mar-2007	21-Apr-2007	8-Jul-2008
Ehsan Monajemi	23-Dec-2006	20-Apr-2007
Mohammad Reza Movasaghnia		27-Jul-2010
Ghasem Nabipour		1-Dec-2011	27-Oct-2010
Anis Naccache		24-Jun-2008
Brigadier General Mohammad Naderi		24-Jun-2008
IRGC Brigadier-General Mostafa Mohammad Najjar		24-Jun-2008	29-Sept-2010 (25)
Brigadier-General Mohammad Reza Naqdi	3-Mar-2008	12-Mar-2008	16-Jun-2010
Mohammad Sadegh Naseri		1-Dec-2011
Houshang Nobari	3-Mar-2008	24-Apr-2007
Ali Ashraf Nouri		23-Jan-2012
Lt Gen Mohammad Mehdi Nejad Nouri	23-Dec-2006	20-Apr-2007
Mohammad Hadi Pajand		1-Dec-2011	30-Nov-2010
BrigGen Mohammad Pakpur		27-Jul-2010
Mohammad Qannadi	23-Dec-2006	20-Apr-2007	15-Jun-2007
Rostam Qasemi		27-Jul-2010	10-Feb-2010
Hamid Reza Rabiee			12-Jul-2012
Amir Rahimi	24-Mar-2007	21-Apr-2007
Dr. Javad Rahiqi	9-Jun-2010	24-Apr-2007	21-Nov-2011
Abbas Rashidi	3-Mar-2008	24-Apr-2007
Seyed Alaeddin Sadat Rasool		1-Dec-2011	29-Mar-2012
Engineer Naser Rastkhah		23-May-2011
Brigadier-General Morteza Rezaie	24-Mar-2007	21-Apr-2007	25-Oct-2007
Mohammad Reza Rezvanianzadeh		1-Dec-2011
Rear Admiral Mohammad Shafi'i Rudsari		24-Jun-2008
M. Javad Karimi Sabet	3-Mar-2008	24-Apr-2007	16-Jun-2010
Rear Admiral Morteza Safari	24-Mar-2007	21-Apr-2007
Maj Gen Yahya Rahim Safavi	23-Dec-2006	20-Apr-2007	8-Jul-2008
Seyed Jaber Safdari	24-Mar-2007	21-Apr-2007
Hojatoleslam Ali Saidi		23-Jan-2012
Gen Hosein Salimi	23-Dec-2006	20-Apr-2007	25-Oct-2007
Abdollah Solat Sana		24-Apr-2007
Ahmad Sarkandi		1-Dec-2011	27-Oct-2010 (26)
A Sedghi		1-Dec-2011
Abolghassem Mozaffari Shams		1-Dec-2011
IRGC Brigadier-General Ali Shamshiri		24-Jun-2008
Behnam Shahriyari			23-Jun-2011
Brigadier General Qasem Soleimani	24-Mar-2007	21-Apr-2007	25-Oct-2007
Ghasem Soleymani	3-Mar-2008	12-Mar-2008
Behzad Soltani		23-May-2011
Hamid Soltani		1-Dec-2011
Ali Akbar Tabatabaei	18-Apr-2012	1-Dec-2011	27-Mar-2012
Ahmad Tafazoli		1-Dec-2011	20-Jun-2011
Mohamad Talai		1-Dec-2011	27-Oct-2010
Hossein Tanideh			12-Jul-2012
IRGC Brigadier-General Ahmad Vahidi		24-Jun-2008	16-Jun-2010
Bahman Valiki		1-Dec-2011
Hassan Jalil Zadeh		1-Dec-2011	30-Nov-2010
Javad Al Yasin		1-Dec-2011
Amir Ali Haji Zadeh		23-Jan-2012
Brigadier-General Mohammad Reza Zahedi	24-Mar-2007	21-Apr-2007	03-Aug-2010 (27)
General Zolqadr	24-Mar-2007	21-Apr-2007
	43	108	59

	U.N. Security Council	European Union	United States
	120	381	263

NOTES:

(1) The United States has also designated many Iranian entities under other authorities, including the Iranian Transaction Regulations, which bars transactions with entities owned or controlled by the Government of Iran, Executive Order 13224, which targets entities linked to terrorism, and Executive Order 13553, which targets human rights abusers. In addition, the United States has designated additional Iranian entities for their proliferation activities under other authorities, which impose more limited trade sanctions. Click here for more information.

(2) On December 1, 2011, the European Union designated dozens of companies as IRISL front companies, including: Bright Jyoti Shipping, Bright Ship FZC, CF Sharp Shipping Agencies Pte Ltd, Chaplet Shipping Limited, Damalis Marine Corporation, Delta Kara Navigation Ltd, Delta Nari Navigation Ltd, Elcho Holding Ltd, Elegant Target Development Limited, Epsilon Nari Navigation, Eta Nari Navigation, Eternal Expert Ltd, Acena Shipping Company Limited, Alpha Kara Navigation Limited, Alpha Nari Navigation Limited, Aspasis Marine Corporation, Avrasya Container Shipping Lines, Beta Kara Navigation Ltd, Bis Maritime Limited, Brait Holding, Fasirus Maritime Corporation, Galliot Maritime Corporation, Gamma Kara Navigation Ltd, Giant King Limited, Golden Charter Development Ltd, Golden Summit Investments Ltd, Golden Wagon Development Ltd, Grand Trinity Ltd, Great Equality Investments Ltd, Great Prospect International Ltd, Harvest Supreme Ltd, Harzaru Shipping, Heliotrope Shipping Limited, Helix Shipping Limited, Hong Tu Logistics, Ifold Shipping Company, Indus Maritime Incorporation, Iota Nari Navigation Limited, ISIM Amin Limited, ISIM Atr Limited, ISIM Olive Limited, ISIM SAT Limited, ISIM Sea Chariot Ltd, ISIM Sea Crescent Ltd, ISIM Sinin Limited, ISIM Taj Mahal Ltd, ISIM Tour Company Limited, Jackman Shipping Company, Kalan Kish Shipping Company Ltd, Kappa Nari Navigation Ltd, Kaveri Maritime Incorporation, Kaveri Shipping Llc, Key Charter Development Ltd, King Prosper Investments Ltd, Kingswood Shipping Company Limited, Lambda Nari Navigation Limited, Lancing Shipping Copmany Limited, Magna Carta Limited, Malship Shipping Agency, Master Supreme International Ltd, Melodious Marimite Incorporation, Metro Supreme International Ltd, Midhurst Shipping Company Limited, Modality Ltd, Modern Elegant Development Ltd, Morison Menon Chartered Accountant, Mount Everest Maritime Incorporation, Narmada Shipping, Newhaven Shipping Company Limited, Oxted Shipping Company, Petworth Shipping Company Limited, Prosper Metro Investments Ltd, Reigate Shipping Company Limited, Rish Maritime Incoporation, Shine Star Limited, Silver Universe Iinternational Ltd, Sparkle Brilliant Development Limited, Statira Maritime Incorporated, Syracuse SL, Tamalaris Consolidated Ltd, TEU Feeder Limited, Theta Nari Navigation, Top Glacier Company Limited, Top Prestige Trading Limited, Tulip Shipping Inc, Western Surge Shipping Company Limited, Wise Ling Shipping Company Limited, and Zeta Nari Navigation. Most of these companies share an address at one of the following locations: Dubai, Cyprus, Hong Kong, Malta, the Marshall Islands, Panama, and Singapore. No address is given by the European Union for some of the companies. On January 23, 2012, the European Union de-listed Syracuse S.L. On March 28, 2012, the United States blacklisted Malship Shipping Agency Ltd and Modality Limited for their role as an IRISL affiliates.

(3) Sanctioned by the European Union on July 27, 2010, as "Leadmarine, (a.k.a. Asia Marine Network Pte Ltd aka IRISL Asia Pte Ltd)."

(4) As of October 12, 2009, the U.K. financial services sector was required to cease all business with Iran's Bank Mellat and the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL), and any of their branchs.

(5) On October 25, 2007, the U.S. Treasury Department designated the IRGC-Qods Force (IRGC-QF) under E.O. 13224 for providing material support to the Taliban and other terrorist organizations, and designated Iran's state-owned Bank Saderat along with its branches and subsidiaries as a terrorist financier.

(6) The United States has added a number of Iranian banks and other entities (like insurance, mining and engineering companies) to its Specially Designated Nationals list under the Iranian Transactions Regulations, because these entities are owned or controlled by the Government of Iran. The Regulations prohibit transactions between U.S. persons and the Government of Iran.

(7) On December 1, 2011, the European Union designated Bright-Nord GmbH und Co. KG and six other companies located at the same address, for being "owned or controlled by or acting on behalf of IRISL." The other companies designated were Cosy-East Gmbh und Co. KG, Great-West GmbH und Co. KG, Happy-Sud GmbH und Co. KG, NHL Basic Ltd., NHL Nordland GmbH, and Prosper Basic GmbH.

(8) Fajr Industrial Group was also designated under the alias Industrial Factories of Precision (IFP) Machinery, in Annex III to U.N. Security Council resolution 1803.

(9) According to Wisconsin Project research, Fulmen Company is the mother company within Fulmen Group, which is one of the largest private Iranian power transmission and distribution groups. The U.S. Department of the Treasury identifies Fulmen Company as another name for Fulmen Group.

(10) On December 1, 2011, the European Union designated Kara Shipping and Chartering GmbH (KSC) as a front company for Hanseatic Trade Trust & Shipping (HTTS), which is located at the same address in Hamburg, Germany as HTTS.

(11) Industrial Factories of Precision (IFP) Machinery is an alias of the Fajr Industrial Group, which was designated in the Annex to U.N. Security Council resolution 1737.

(12) On December 1, 2011, the European Union identified new names for IRISL China Shipping Company Limited (a.k.a Santex Lines), including E-Sail, E-Sail Shipping Company, and Rice Company. The United States separately designated Santex Lines on June 20, 2011.

(13) On May 23, 2011, the European Union designated 19 front companies that share an office with IRISL Europe GmbH, including Darya Capital Administration GmbH, Nari Shipping and Chartering GmbH & Co. KG, Ocean Capital Administration GmbH, First Ocean Administration GmbH, Second Ocean Administration GmbH, Third Ocean Administration GmbH, Fourth Ocean Administration GmbH, Fifth Ocean Administration GmbH, Sixth Ocean Administration GmbH, Seventh Ocean Administration GmbH, Eigth Ocean Administration GmbH, Ninth Ocean Administration GmbH, Tenth Ocean Administration GmbH, Eleventh Ocean Administration GmbH, Twelth Ocean Administration GmbH, Thirteenth Ocean Administration GmbH, Fourteenth Ocean Administration GmbH, Fifteenth Ocean Administration GmbH, and Sixteenth Ocean Administration GmbH.

(14) On October 27, 2010, the U.S. Treasury Department designated 29 front companies that share an office with IRISL Europe GmbH, including Darya Capital Administration GmhB, Eighth Ocean Administration GmbH, Eighth Ocean GmbH & Co. KG, Eleventh Ocean Administration GmbH, Eleventh Ocean GmbH & Co. KG, Fifteenth Ocean GmbH & Co. KG, Fifth Ocean Administration GmbH, Fifth Ocean GmbH & Co. KG, First Ocean Administration GmbH, First Ocean GmbH & Co. KG, Fourteenth Ocean GmbH & Co. KG, Fourth Ocean Administration GmbH, Fourth Ocean GmbH & Co. KG, Nari Shipping and Chartering GmbH & Co. KG, Ninth Ocean Administration GmbH, Ninth Ocean GmbH & Co. KG, Ocean Capital Administration GmbH, Second Ocean Administration GmbH, Second Ocean GmbH & Co. KG, Seventh Ocean Administration GmbH, Seventh Ocean GmbH & Co. KG, Sixth Ocean Administration GmbH, Sixth Ocean GmbH & Co. KG, Tenth Ocean GmbH & Co. KG, Third Ocean Administration GmbH, Third Ocean GmbH & Co. KG, Thirteenth Ocean GmbH & Co. KG, Twelfth Ocean Administration GmbH and Twelfth Ocean GmbH & Co. KG. And on February 1, 2011, Treasury designated Malta-based Maraner Holdings Limited because it is owned by IRISL Europe GmbH.

(15) On May 23, 2011, the European Union designated 6 companies that share the same address as IRISL Malta, including Kerman Shipping Company Ltd, Woking Shipping Company Ltd, Shere Shipping Company Limited, Tongham Shipping Co. Ltd, Uppercourt Shipping Company Limited, and Vobster Shipping Company

(16) On October 27, 2010, the U.S. Treasury Department designated six front companies that share an office with IRISL (Malta) Limited, including Kerman Shipping Co. Ltd, Shere Shipping Company Limited, Tongham Shipping Co. Ltd, Uppercourt Shipping Company Limited, Vobster Shipping Company Ltd and Woking Shipping Investments Limited. And on February 1, 2011, Treasury designated Adrian Baldacchino because of his position as a director of IRISL Malta.

(17) On January 13, 2011, the U.S. Treasury Department designated sixteen shipping companies all owned or controlled by IRISL (or affiliated entities) and all sharing the same Hong Kong address, including Alpha Effort Limited, Sandford Group Limited, Smart Day Holdings Group Limited, System Wise Limited, Logistic Smart Limited, New Desire Limited, Advance Novel Limited, Concept Giant Limited, Partner Century Limited, Sino Access Limited, True Honour Holdings Limited, Best Precise Limited, Great Method Limited, Neuman Limited, Sackville Holdings Limited, and Trade Treasure Limited.

(18) Kaveh Cutting Tools appears to be an alias for Abazar Boresh Kaveh Co.

(19) Neda Industrial Group was added to the U.S. Entity List maintained by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security. The Entity List contains the names of foreign persons that are subject to specific license requirements for the export, reexport and/or transfer (in-country) of specified items.

(20) The Nuclear Research Center for Agriculture and Medicine was also designated under the alias Karaj Nuclear Research Center in Annex I to U.N. Security Council resolution 1747.

(21) Sabalan Company, Sahand Aluminum Parts Industrial Company (SAPICO) and Tiz Pars were designated in U.N. Security Council resolution 1929 as "cover names" for the Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group (SHIG).

(22) On May 23, 2011, the European Union designated 19 companies that share the same Hong Kong address and that operate vessels on behalf of Safiran Payam Darya Shipping Lines (SAPID), a company that took over IRISL's bulk services and routes, using vessls previously owned by IRISL. Designated companies include Insight World Ltd, Kingdom New Ltd, Logistic Smart Ltd, Neuman Ltd, New Desire Ltd, Advance Novel, Alpha Effort Ltd, Best Precise Ltd, Concept Giant Ltd, Great Method Ltd, Smart Day Holdings Ltd, System Wise Ltd, Trade Treasure, True Honour Holdings Ltd, New Synergy Ltd, Partner Century Ltd, Sackville Holdings Ltd, Sanford Group, and Slino Access Holdings. On the same date, the European Union designated 12 companies that control the above-listed Hong-Kong based companies and that share the same address on the Isle of Man, including Loweswater Ltd, Mill Dene Ltd, Shallon Ltd, Springthorpe Limited, Ashtead Shipping Company Ltd, Byfleet Shipping Company Ltd, Cobham Shipping Company Ltd, Dorking Shipping Company Ltd, Effingham Shipping Company Ltd, Farham Shipping Company Ltd, Gomshall Shipping Company Ltd, and Horsham Shipping Company Ltd.

(23) According to the European Union, Seibow Limited is an alias for Seibow Logistics; the United States designated these two companies separately.

(24) Jamshid Khalili is the Chief Executive and Managing Director of Irano Hind, according to the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Also on December 20, 2011, Treasury designated ten IRISL and Irano Hind affiliated front companies based at the same address in Malta, including BIIS Maritime Limited, ISIM Amin Limited, ISIM ATR Limited, ISIM Olive Limited, ISIM SAT Limited, ISIM Sea Chariot Limited, ISIM Sea Crescent Limited, ISIM Sinin Limited, ISIM Taj Mahal Limited, and ISIM Tour Limited. On January 23, 2012, the European Union designated BIIS Maritime Limited because of its links to Irano Hind.

(25) On September 29, 2010, U.S. President Barack Obama signed an Executive Order targeting Iranian officials responsible for or complicit in human rights violations in Iran. The President designated eight officials under the new Executive Order, including Mostafa Mohammad Najjar.

(26) On November 30, 2010, the U.S. Treasury Department designated eight IRISL front companies for which Ahmad Sarkandi serves as director, including: Ashtead Shipping Company Limited, Byfleet Shipping Company Limited, Cobham Shipping Company Limited, Dorking Shipping Company Limited, Effingham Shipping Company Limited, Farnham Shipping Company Limited, Gomshall Shipping Company Limited, and Horsham Shipping Company Limited. Each of these front companies is a wholly owned subsidiary of IRISL and is based at the same address in the Isle of Man. Four additional shipping companies based at the same Isle of Man address were designated by Treasury on January 13, 2011, including Loweswater Limited, Mill Dene Limited, Shallon Limited, and Springthorpe Limited.

(27) On August 3, 2010, the U.S. Treasury Department designated four senior officiers of the IRGC-Qods Force (IRGC-QF) under E.O. 13224, including Mohammad Reza Zahedi, for providing material support to terrorist organizations.

(28) On January 23, 2012, the European Union identified a number of aliases for Khazar Sea, including Darya Delalan Sefid Khazar Shipping Company, Darya-ye Khazar Shipping Company, KSSL, and Darya-e-khazar Shiping Co.

(29) The U.S. Treasury Department desiganted Yasa Part on November 21, 2011. According to Treasury, Yasa Part has a number of additional aliases (Arfa Paint, Arfeh Company, Farasepehr Engineering Company, Hosseini Nejad Trading Co, Iran Saffron Copmany, Shetab G, Shetab Gaman, Shetab Trading, and Y.A.S. Co Ltd), each of which the European Union earlier designated as a separate entities. These entities are therefore listed separately in the table.

(30) On July 12, 2012, the following shipping companies were removed from the U.S. Treasury Department's blacklist because they were liquidated and struck from the Dubai, United Arab Emirates commercial register: Great Ocean Shipping Services, Oasis Freight Agency LLC, and Pearl Ship Management LLC.

(31) On August 2, 2012, the following shipping companies were removed from Annex IX of the Council Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 709/2012: Dr Ahmad Azizi, Dr Ali Divandari, Dr Abdolnaser Hemmati, Mohammad Reza Meskarian, and Sayeed Zavvar.