Iranian Entity: Melli Investment Holding International

MEHR

Wholly-owned by Bank Melli Iran Investment Company (BMIIC - see separate entity record); incorporated in 2005 in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), a free zone for financial institutions; added to the Specially Designated National (SDN) list maintained by the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on March 03, 2009, freezing its assets under U.S. jurisdiction and prohibiting transactions with U.S. parties, pursuant to Executive Order 13382, which targets proliferators of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and their delivery systems; according to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, MEHR Cayman Ltd. and First Persian Equity Fund (see separate entity records) are owned or controlled by, or acting or purporting to act for or on behalf of MEHR and BMIIC; Trade License Number: 0107 (Dubai) issued November 30, 2005.