Designated by the U.S. Department of the Treasury (on January 13, 2011) pursuant to Executive Order 13382, which targets weapons of mass destruction proliferators and their supporters; removed from the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list in January 2016 as part of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action; a Hong Kong-based company acting for or on behalf of the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL); owned and managed by Ahmad Sarkandi and Ghasem Nabipour.