Vallourec, Mallourec Middle East and Vallourec Tubes France attended the Iranian Steel Pipe & Tube Conference held in Tehran on May 24-26, 2016. (MetalBullitan Events, "Iranian Steel Pipe & Tube Conference," 2016).

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"In October 2015, CEO Crouzet said, We used to supply Iran before the sanctions period, we are well known there, the VAM connections – our top brand – is extremely well known, in fact it’s used everywhere on all the fields there. Crouzet confirms that if sanctions are lifted then, Iran clearly becomes an opportunity for us.” (Pipeline Magazine, "Middle East has the magic says Vallourec boss," 10/18/2015).

KraMZ attended the 4th International Iran Aluminium Conference on May 11-12, 2016 in Tehran. The Conference was co-convened by the Iran Mines and Mining Development and Renovation Organization ("IMIDRO"), an Iranian entity that remains subject to U.S. sanctions with its assets blocked in the United States. ("IIAC2016 List of International Attendees").

"Iran is in talks with Moody’s Investors Service and Fitch Ratings about restarting sovereign credit ratings for the oil-rich state, Economic Affairs and Finance Minister Ali Tayyeb Nia said...Moody’s withdrew its B2 rating on Iran in 2002, according to data compiled by Bloomberg." (Bloomberg, "Iran Opens Ratings Talks With Moody's, Fitch Ahead of Debt Sales," 05/04/2016).

The Evergreen company website lists an office in Tehran and Bandar Abbas. Both are listed under Iranland Services Shipping Agency. (Company Website)

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Bell-mar Shipping and Trading, an agent of Evergreen Logistics, is attending the 2nd Iranian Iron & Steel conference taking place September 26-28, 2016, in Isfahan Iran. The event overview states: "There is much to discuss, with sanctions being removed, new projects and investment opportunities planned across Iran and an in-depth look at the central Asian region steel industry" (2nd Iranian Iron & Steel Conference, 2016). The company also attended the 2015 Iranian Iron & Steel Conference that took place September 15-16 in Kish Island, Iran (Iranian Iron & Steel Conference).

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"China Cosco Shipping and CMA CGM are hoping to form a new alliance with OOCL, Evergreen Line, and Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines." (Marine Link, "Impending Shakeup of Global Shipping Alliance." 4/13/2016).

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"Ebrahim Idani, director general of Hormozgan Ports and Maritime Department, was quoted by Iranian media as saying on Tuesday that the fifth-generation container ship, Ever Legion, has started its journey from China’s Shanghai port and will call at various ports in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, and the United Arab Emirates’ Jebel Ali Free Zone before berthing at Shahid Rajaei port, which is Iran's biggest container port. The official noted that the Taiwanese ship is 335 meters long with a draft of 14.5 meters and is scheduled to arrive at Shahid Rajaei port on August 5. Idani noted that the Evergreen shipping company called at Shahid Rajaei port since 2000, but its activities in Iran were stopped due to sanctions imposed on the country by the European Union and the United States over Tehran’s peaceful nuclear program... 'Seven container ships operated by the Taiwanese shipping line are expected to call at Shahid Rajaei port to onload and offload 5,000-6,000 TEU of containers per week, thus resuming the company’s activities in Iran,' Idani added." (PressTV, "Taiwan’s Huge Container Ship to Call at Iran Port," 8/4/15)

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"Evergreen authorized the 335-meter Ever Legion to call [at] Shahid Rajaee port, which is in the southern Iranian province of Hormozgan.” (Vessel Finder, "Evergreen resumes sesrvice to Iran," 08/05/2015).

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"Taiwanese lines Evergreen and Yang Ming Marine said they had pulled out, while Singapore's Pacific International Lines has also cut ties along with two top South Korean shipping firms." (Reuters, "Chinese Firms Drop Iran as Latest U.S. Sanctions Bite," 07/01/2013)

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"At Bandar Abbas, Iran’s largest port, ships bearing the distinctive “Evergreen” insignia dock and unload their cargo. On the other side of the world, Evergreen vessels make their scheduled calls at Los Angeles Harbor, the biggest container port in the United States." (The Wall Street Journal, "Closing U.S. Ports to Iran-Tainted Shipping," 03/14/2013)

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On June 23, 2011, the U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned Tidewater Middle East Co. (“Tidewater”), Iran’s major port operator, because the IRGC owns it and uses it for illicit activities including weapons shipments. (U.S. Department of the Treasury Press Center, “Treasury Sanctions Major Iranian Commercial Entities,” 6/23/11) The EU followed with its own sanctions against Tidewater on January 23, 2012. (Official Journal or the European Union: Council Decision 2012/35/CFSP)

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Listed by the Iranian Ports and Maritime Organization as doing business with the Iranian Khadamat Saheli iran. (Ports & Maritime Organization: Companies Affairs Department: Liners)

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Operates as a liner in Iranian ports. (Ports and Maritime Organization: Shipping Lines which operating in Iranian Ports)

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Uses Tidewater Middle East Co.’s private terminals in the Shahid Rajaee Port Complex. (Tidewater: Reflection of Tomorrow)

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Evergreen has an American subsidiary called Evergreen Shipping Agency Co.

Simonsen attended the 4th International Iran Aluminium Conference on May 11-12, 2016 in Tehran. The Conference was co-convened by the Iran Mines and Mining Development and Renovation Organization ("IMIDRO"), an Iranian entity that remains subject to U.S. sanctions with its assets blocked in the United States. ("IIAC2016 List of International Attendees").

"The biggest international catering company in the Middle East, Dona, was inaugurated in Tehran at a ceremony on Sunday, IRNA reported. The Minister of Roads and Urban Development Abbas Akhoundi, Austrian Ambassador Friedrich Stift, and managing director of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways, Mohsen Pourseyyed-Aqaei attended. Dona is a joint venture between Iran’s Arzesh Afarinan Fadak Corporation and Austria’s Don Hauser GmbH Group, a leading caterer for European railways." (Financial Tribune, "Top Austrian Caterer Opens in Tehran," 08/15/2016).

Tempbank has reportedly opened a “branch in Qeshm [Iran] in order to facilitate economic and trade ties between Iran and Russia.” (Tehran Times, “Russian bank to establish branch in Iran’s Qeshm Island,” 4/2/2016).

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"A senior Iranian trade official said three Russian banks have voiced their readiness to promote banking relations with the Islamic Republic in the near future in a bid to boost commercial cooperation between Tehran and Moscow. Speaking to the Tasnim News Agency on Monday, Mina Mehrnoush, the head of planning at Iran’s Organization for Trade Development, said that during a recent visit to Russia by an Iranian trade delegation, ‘good meetings’ were held with three Russian banks, namely Mir Business Bank, Tempbank and RFC Bank. Mir Business Bank, which is the agent bank of Bank Melli Iran, agreed to provide good facilities and open proper credit lines for Iran, she said. The Iranian trade official went on to say that other issues were also discussed in her meetings with Russian banking officials, including opening accounts for Iranian companies without having to make a trip to Russia. Mehrnoush further said that Tempbank will open a representative office in Iran within a couple of months. During her 4-day stay in Moscow, the Iranian official also met with representatives of about fifty Russian import companies." (Tasnim News Agency, “Iran, Russia to Boost Banking Ties,” 1/25/2016)

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Tempbank is currently engaging in business with the Iranian and Syrian regimes, opening correspondent accounts for the “Central bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran, State export bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran and other Iran banks.” Tempbank asserts, “[a]mid Russian banks we are, de facto, the only one to operate directly with the Central bank of Syria performing settlements with Syrian partners to carry out state objectives on developing cooperation with the Syrian Arab Republic.” (Tempbank Website, “PJSC MJSB ‘Tempbank’ has established cooperation with the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Syrian Arab Republic”).

APS participated in the 21st Iran Oil Show which took place in Tehran (Iran) from May 5th to 8th, 2016. APS describes the show as “the most important Oil and Gas Exhibition in Middle East, organized by National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), the country’s market leader in Oil & Gas Industry.” (APS Website, “Homepage”)

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APS confirmed in 2007 that it would play a role in helping Iran develop its third liquefied natural gas project. (Financial Times, "European companies eye Iranian LNG project," 11/16/2007)

Safran is reportedly entering into business with the Iranian regime through its joint venture with GE, CFM International, which produces engines used in some Boeing and Airbus models. (Bloomberg, "Boeing Cleared for Iran Talks After $27 Billion Airbus Haul," 2/19/2016).

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Safran maintains a "Safran North America" website, which highlights Safran's "significant physical presence in the United States, comprised of 32 companies and joint ventures operating across 58 locations in 22 states."

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According to the Safran North America website, "The company’s largest end-user is the U.S. Department of Defense, with its technologies equipped on such vital military and government platforms as the KC-135R aerial tanker, F-22 Raptor fighter jet, UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopter and Delta IV launch system."

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“Multiple companies currently exploring new business ventures in Iran are also cashing in on highly lucrative contracts with the U.S. Defense Department, raising questions about whether their dealings with Iran could run afoul of U.S. law. At least 13 major international companies have said in recent weeks that they aim to reenter the Iranian marketplace over the next several months. The companies have received Pentagon contracts totaling well over $107 billion, according to a Washington Free Beacon analysis that tracked DoD contracts awarded since fiscal year 2009. Many of the companies, which include carmaker Renault and oil giants such as BP, have already sent high-level trade delegations to Tehran to meet with Iranian officials about striking new business deals…These companies include Boeing and General Electric—which have DoD contracts worth $87 and $12 billion respectively—as well as the Italian oil company Eni, Merck, Safran, Vitol, Bosch Rexroth, Sanofi Pastuer, and AVL.” (Washington Free Beacon, “Pentagon Contractors Exploring Business with Iran,” 2/25/14)

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“Iran [welcomes] the most senior French trade delegation in years on Monday, telling more than 100 executives that the farsighted among them stood to win the race for business following an easing of some economic sanctions…'A new chapter has begun in relations between Iran and Europe,' Mohammad Nahavandian, President Hassan Rouhani's chief of staff, was quoted as saying by the official IRNA news agency. ‘You should carry the message back that potential for cooperation with Iran is real and not to be overlooked,’ he told the delegation. ‘Those with longer foresight stand to win this race.’ The delegation of more than 100 executives from Medef, the French employers' association, on a Feb 2-5 trip, met Nahavandian and members of Iran's Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture, IRNA said. A source close to the delegation told Reuters it was the most senior group of entrepreneurs and financiers to visit Iran since the 1979 revolution, representing the defence, aviation, petrochemicals, automotive, shipping and cosmetics sectors. Among companies represented were Safran, Airbus , Total, GDF-Suez, Renault, Alcatel, Alstom, Amundi and L'Oréal, the source said. ‘Many of these firms have worked in Iran before and their goal now is to restore links,’ the source said. ‘The very makeup of the delegation shows these people are here to evaluate potential for cooperation.’ A French embassy source in Tehran said the visit was merely exploratory and ‘nothing is to be signed this time around.’” (Reuters, “Iran welcomes French business chiefs after sanctions eased,” 2/3/14)

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"Executives from some of France's biggest companies…are slated to fly to Tehran next month—signaling a fresh wave of corporate interest in Iran as the West eases sanctions. Details of the high-level business trip are emerging after Iran and Western powers completed the terms of an interim nuclear deal on Sunday, with Tehran agreeing to closer international monitoring of its nuclear program in exchange for limited, temporary sanctions relief. The deal specifically eases restrictions related to Iran's aviation, auto and petrochemicals industries…A spokesperson for Safran SA, which makes propulsion engines and other aircraft spare parts, said that it was considering sending a representative on the trip but that no final decision had been made.” (Wall Street Journal, “French Companies Explore Return to Iran Amid Sanctions Thaw,” 1/13/14)

DVG maintains a presence in Iran through its “Iran/North Africa” sales office. (DVG Website, “Sales office”).

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The Iranian Gas Engineering and Development Co. (“IGED”), a subsidiary of the National Iranian Gas Company (“NIGC”), lists DVG as an approved vendor. (IGED Website, “List of Vendors”). -- DVG is listed as a member of the Italy-Iran Chamber of Commerce and Industry. (Italy-Iran Chamber of Commerce and Industry Website, “Members”).