Private Consortium

"Some 60 percent of this $1 billion skyscraper belongs to the Alavi Foundation, a U.S. based entity, which has been also charged with an accusation of money laundering. The initial 2017 ruling for the seizure of the building charged that Bonyad Alavi violated U.S. sanctions against Iran in 1995 as it was aware that a company named Asa which owned 40 percent of the building was an affiliate of Bank Melli Iran...The Prosecutor's Office in New York had previously said that the Alavi Foundation and Asa Company were fronts for the Islamic Republic and have deposited some $40 million of income from the building to the accounts of Bank Melli Iran and the Iranian government. The Alavi Foundation, formerly known as Pahlavi Foundation, was inaugurated in 1973 in Iran under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, but was confiscated by the revolutionary government after the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran. The foundation is currently tasked with promoting Iranian and Islamic studies in the United States, however, it also lends financial assistance to schools and free clinics. The foundation currently operates under the aegis of Bonyad Mostazafan [Foundation for the Oppressed] which is one of a dozen financial organizations operating under the office of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei." (Raido Farda, "Federal Court Overturns Ruling To Seize Iran-Linked Skyscraper In Manhattan," 8/10/2019). 

"A human rights organisation has received more than £1 million in charity cash despite being run by self-declared Islamist revolutionaries closely aligned to Iran who say that the West is “the enemy” and Britain a “Stasi state”. According to an investigation by The Times newspaper the Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC), which is supported by Jeremy Corbyn, speak of “apartheid London”, label anti-terrorism laws a “war on Muslims” and condemn English as a “colonial language that will always subjugate you”. The London-based group, given £1.2 million since 2013 by a charity that received £250,000 from the taxpayer via Gift Aid, claims to fight for the oppressed “whosoever they are and whomsoever oppresses them”." (The Telegraph, "£1m charity cash for group linked to Iran," 10/10/2019).

Louis Dreyfus Commodities Metals is listed as an attendee at the Iranian Base Metals Conference that took place from September 6-7, 2016 in Tehran, Iran. (Iranian Base Metals Conference Attendees, 2016).

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"The world's largest commodity trading houses are first in line to profit from the much expected return of Iran to global markets as Tehran and Washington enter into the final three-months of nuclear talks. While the global oil industry has been seen as the biggest beneficiary of a thaw, commodities traders including Cargill Inc. Glencore Plc, Vitol BV, Trafigura Beheer BV and Louis Dreyfus Commodities BV have a long history in Iran, helping to export its oil and import daily basics like gasoline, wheat and rice... 'We like other people have talked to the Iranians,' Vitol CEO Ian Taylor said in an interview. 'They used to be major players in the markets, but obviously none of us will do anything unless sanctions are actually lifted.'" (Bloomberg, "Top Commodity Trading House Line Up for Iran's Return to Market," 4/20/15)

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Over the last three presidential administrations, the United States government has granted Louis Dreyfus Corporation 19 special licenses to do business in Iran. (New York Times, "Companies with Permission to Bypass Sanctions," 12/24/10)

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"The company was licensed to export “poultry, meat, cotton” and bulk agricultural commodities to both Sudan and Iran. The bulk commodities ranged from kidney beans and lentils to sunflower oil and beet sugar." (New York Times, "Licenses Granted to U.S. Companies Run the Gamut," 12/24/10)

Subsidiary of FlexiVan Leasing.

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Dole said in an SEC filing that it had terminated its business in Iran after the U.S. reimposed Iran sanctions in January 2020. 

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"This license authorized the export of canned fruit and vegetables to entities in Iran whose names OFAC redacted. The company's products include Dole Pineapple." (New York Times, "Licenses Granted to U.S. Companies Run the Gamut," 12/24/10)