October 27, 2010
TG-929‎
Treasury Designates IRISL Front Companies and Directors
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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Treasury today announced the ‎designation of 37 front companies based in Germany, Malta, and Cyprus and five ‎Iranian individuals for being owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, ‎the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) and its affiliates. Today’s ‎action, taken pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13382, targets IRISL’s complex ‎network of shipping and holding companies and executives and further exposes ‎Iran’s use of its national maritime carrier to advance its illicit weapons of mass ‎destruction (WMD) program and to carry military cargoes. ‎
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‎”We will continue to expose the elaborate structures and tactics Iran uses to shield ‎its shipping line from international scrutiny so that it can continue to facilitate illicit ‎commerce,” said Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart ‎Levey. “This pattern of obfuscation is leading the private sector around the world ‎to refuse business with Iran rather than risk becoming involved in its nuclear and ‎missile programs.”
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Following its September 2008 designation by Treasury under E.O. 13382 for its ‎provision of logistical services to Iran’s Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces ‎Logistics, the arm of the Iranian military that oversees its ballistic missile program, ‎IRISL has increasingly created and relied upon a series of front companies and ‎has engaged in deceptive behavior to assist efforts to evade the impact of ‎sanctions and increased scrutiny of its activities. Including today’s action, ‎Treasury has designated nearly 70 IRISL front companies and affiliates and has ‎identified more than 100 ships as being the property of IRISL or its fronts. ‎
Pursuant to E.O. 13382 – which is aimed at freezing the assets of proliferators of ‎WMD and their supporters, thereby isolating them from the U.S. financial and ‎commercial systems – Treasury today designated:
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Fifteen shipping companies, each the registered owner of a vessel already on ‎Treasury’s List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN ‎List), as blocked property of IRISL, and 11 holding companies that own the ‎shipping companies. All of the holding companies and shipping companies are ‎based at the same address in Hamburg, Germany.
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• Mohamad Talai, manager of the 11 Hamburg-based holding companies ‎and an authorized representative of IRISL Europe GmbH, an IRISL ‎subsidiary designated by Treasury in September 2008; and of Darya ‎Capital Administration GmbH, a newly identified subsidiary of IRISL ‎Europe GmbH, also designated today. ‎
• Mansour Eslami, co-manager of several of these Hamburg-based ‎holding companies and also a director of IRISL (Malta) Limited, a ‎subsidiary of IRISL designated in September 2008.
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• Shere Shipping Company Limited, Tongham Shipping Co Ltd, ‎Uppercourt Shipping Company Limited, and Vobster Shipping ‎Company, four firms all located at the same address in Malta that are ‎directly or indirectly owned or controlled by IRISL or one of its ‎subsidiaries. Each of these firms is the registered owner of a vessel ‎already on Treasury’s SDN List as blocked property of IRISL. ‎
• Woking Shipping Investments Limited, an IRISL subsidiary that owns ‎the four Malta-based shipping companies, and Kerman Shipping Co ‎Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of IRISL.  Both companies are also ‎based in Malta.
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• Ahmad Sarkandi, the director of all six IRISL front companies located in ‎Malta and a director of IRISL UK and Irinvestship, both designated by ‎Treasury in September 2008. He also manages Lancelin Shipping ‎Company Limited, a company based in Cyprus that is wholly-owned by ‎IRISL, and is the director of Ocean Capital Administration GmbH, a ‎Germany-based holding company that, together with IRISL Europe ‎GmbH, owns Nari Shipping and Chartering GmbH & Co. KG, based in ‎Hamburg, Germany – all designated today. ‎
• Ghasem Nabipour, the Managing Director and a principal shareholder of ‎Soroush Sarzamin Asatir Ship Management Company, which was ‎designated by Treasury in June 2010.
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• HTTS Hanseatic Trade Trust and Shipping GmbH, an agent for Safiran ‎Payam Darya Shipping Company (SAPID) and Hafiz Darya Shipping ‎Company (HDS Lines), two IRISL front companies designated by ‎Treasury in June 2010.
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• Naser Bateni, the managing director for HTTS Hanseatic Trade Trust ‎and Shipping GmbH, and IRISL Europe GmbH, an IRISL subsidiary ‎designated by Treasury in September 2008.
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For a complete list of the individuals and entities designated today, visit link. ‎
Identifying Information:
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Individual:Â Â Â Â Â TALAI, MohamadÂ
Location:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Hamburg, GermanyÂ
DOB:             June 4, 1953 ‎
Individual:Â Â Â Â Â ESLAMI, MansourÂ
DOB:             January 31, 1965 ‎
Individual:Â Â Â Â Â SARKANDI, AhmadÂ
AKA:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â SARKANDI, AhmedÂ
AKA:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â SARKANDI, AkhmedÂ
Address:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 2 Abbey Road, Barking Essex 1G11 7AX, London, United KingdomÂ
Address:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â No 143 Shahid Lavasani Avenue, Farmanieh, Tehran, IranÂ
Address:         Suite B 12/F, Two Chinachem Plaza, 135 Des Voeux Road,       ‎Central, Hong KongÂ
Address:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 15 Rodney Court, Maida Vale, W9 1TQ, London, United KingdomÂ
DOB:             September 30, 1953 ‎
Individual:Â Â Â Â Â NABIPOUR, GhasemÂ
AKA:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â POUR, Ghasem NabiÂ
Address:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 143 Shahid Lavasani Avenue, Farmanieh, Tehran, IranÂ
Address:         Suite B 12/F, Two Chinachem Plaza, 135 Des Voeux Road,  ‎Central, Hong KongÂ
DOB:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â January 16, 1956Â
Passport:         L11758148 ‎
Individual:Â Â Â Â Â BATENI, NaserÂ
Location:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Hamburg, GermanyÂ
DOB              December 16, 1962 ‎
Entity:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â DARYA CAPITAL ADMINISTRATION GMBHÂ
Address:         Schottweg 6, Hamburg 22087, Germany ‎
Entity:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â EIGHTH OCEAN ADMINISTRATION GMBHÂ
Address:         Schottweg 5, Hamburg 22087, Germany ‎
Entity:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â EIGHTH OCEAN GMBH & CO. KGÂ
Address:         Schottweg 5, Hamburg 22087, Germany ‎
Entity:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â ELEVENTH OCEAN ADMINISTRATION GMBHÂ
Address:         Schottweg 5, Hamburg 22087, Germany ‎
Entity:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â ELEVENTH OCEAN GMBH & CO. KGÂ
Address:         Schottweg 5, Hamburg 22087, Germany ‎
Entity:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â FIFTEENTH OCEAN GMBH & CO. KGÂ
Address:         Schottweg 5, Hamburg 22087, Germany ‎
Entity:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â FIFTH OCEAN ADMINISTRATION GMBHÂ
Address:         Schottweg 5, 22087, Hamburg, Germany ‎
Entity:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â FIFTH OCEAN GMBH & CO. KGÂ
Address:         Schottweg 5, Hamburg 22087, Germany ‎
Entity:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â FIRST OCEAN ADMINISTRATION GMBHÂ
Address:         Schottweg 5, 22087, Hamburg, Germany ‎
Entity:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â FOURTEENTH OCEAN GMBH & CO. KGÂ
Address:         Schottweg 5, Hamburg 22087, Germany ‎
Entity:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â FOURTH OCEAN ADMINISTRATION GMBHÂ
Address:         Schottweg 5, Hamburg 22087, Germany ‎
Entity:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â FOURTH OCEAN GMBH & CO. KGÂ
Address:         Schottweg 5, Hamburg 22087, Germany ‎
Entity:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â NINTH OCEAN ADMINISTRATION GMBHÂ
Address:         Schottweg 5, 22087, Hamburg, Germany ‎
Entity:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â NINTH OCEAN GMBH & CO. KGÂ
Address:         Schottweg 5, Hamburg 22087, Germany ‎
Entity:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â SECOND OCEAN ADMINISTRATION GMBHÂ
Address:         Schottweg 5, Hamburg 22087, Germany ‎
Entity:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â SECOND OCEAN GMBH & CO. KGÂ
Address:         Schottweg 5, Hamburg 22087, Germany ‎
Entity:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â SEVENTH OCEAN ADMINISTRATION GMBHÂ
Address:         Schottweg 5, Hamburg 22087, Germany ‎
Entity:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â SEVENTH OCEAN GMBH & CO. KGÂ
Address:         Schottweg 5, Hamburg 22087, Germany ‎
Entity:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â SIXTH OCEAN ADMINISTRATION GMBHÂ
Address:         Schottweg 5, Hamburg 22087, Germany ‎
Entity:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â SIXTH OCEAN GMBH & CO. KGÂ
Address:         Schottweg 5, Hamburg 22087, Germany ‎
Entity:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â TENTH OCEAN GMBH & CO. KGÂ
Address:         Schottweg 5, Hamburg 22087, Germany ‎
Entity:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â THIRD OCEAN ADMINISTRATION GMBHÂ
Address:         Schottweg 5, Hamburg 22087, Germany ‎
Entity:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â THIRD OCEAN GMBH & CO. KGÂ
Address:         Schottweg 5, Hamburg 22087, Germany ‎
Entity:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â THIRTEENTH OCEAN GMBH & CO. KGÂ
Address:         Schottweg 5, Hamburg 22087, Germany ‎
Entity:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â TWELFTH OCEAN ADMINISTRATION GMBHÂ
Address:         Schottweg 5, Hamburg 22087, Germany ‎
Entity:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â TWELFTH OCEAN GMBH & CO. KGÂ
Address:         Schottweg 5, Hamburg 22087, Germany ‎
Entity:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â HTTS HANSEATIC TRADE TRUST AND SHIPPING, GMBHÂ
Address:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Schottweg 7, Hamburg 22087, GermanyÂ
Address:         Schottweg 5, Hamburg 22087, Germany ‎
Entity:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â KERMAN SHIPPING CO LTDÂ
Address:         143/1 Tower Road, SLM1604, Sliema, Malta ‎
Entity:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â LANCELIN SHIPPING COMPANY LIMITEDÂ
Address:         Fortuna Court, Block B, 284 Archiepiskopou Makariou C’ Avenue, ‎‎2nd Floor, 3105, Limassol, Cyprus ‎
Entity:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â NARI SHIPPING AND CHARTERING GMBH & CO. KGÂ
Address:      Schottweg 5, Hamburg 22087, Germany ‎
Entity:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â OCEAN CAPITAL ADMINISTRATION GMBHÂ
Address:         Schottweg 5, Hamburg 22087, Germany ‎
Entity:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â SHERE SHIPPING COMPANY LIMITEDÂ
Address:         143/1 Tower Road, SLM1604, Sliema, Malta ‎
Entity:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â TONGHAM SHIPPING CO LTDÂ
Address:         143/1 Tower Road, SLM1604, Sliema, Malta ‎
Entity:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â UPPERCOURT SHIPPING COMPANY LIMITEDÂ
Address:         143/1 Tower Road, SLM1604, Sliema, Malta ‎
Entity:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â VOBSTER SHIPPING COMPANY LTDÂ
Address:         143/1 Tower Road, SLM1604, Sliema, Malta ‎
Entity:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â WOKING SHIPPING INVESTMENTS LIMITEDÂ
Address:         143/1 Tower Road, SLM1604, Sliema, Malta ‎