The Iranian government, reportedly reeling from the economic impact of UN Security Council sanctions, with banks Saderat, Sepah, Melli and Mellat unable to operate in international commerce, is allegedly taking extraordinary steps to evade sanctions. The Revolutionary Guard Corps, operating out of the Iranian Embassy in Caracas, is taking preliminary steps to purchase three Venezuelan financial institutions. Perhaps the owners of those banks might like to know that the real identity of the buyer represented by those prominent attorneys is the Islamic Republic of Iran, especially since those sales, if they are completed, will expose the sellers to material support of terrorism charges under US criminal laws. We list those three banks below, with the caveat that the sales, as of this moment, have not yet closed. However, when and if they do, one should expect an immediate and powerful response from US regulators and law enforcement.

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