Source tier standard used for this record: T1 UN bodies · T2 established HR monitors · T3 official government/IGO records · T4 first-hand reputable news · T4-adj indirect access · secondary corroboration, commercial (not citable for fact) · not used.
Secondary Corroboration · Not Citable for Atrocity Facts (16)
A&O Shearman, King & Spalding, Gibson Dunn · GL X/X1 date corroboration; MOU sanctions-implications alertsCorroboration only (dates independently confirmed via OFAC primary pages). Not Cited for Atrocity Facts
Baker McKenzie · OFAC commercial-networks/GL alert; FinCEN alert summaryCorroboration only. Not Cited for Atrocity Facts
CEIC Data (repackaging OPEC) · Iran crude oil production figures"3-equivalent" per JN's own convention since underlying data is OPEC; treated cautiously here. Not Cited for Atrocity Facts
Elliptic, Chainalysis · Nobitex/Wallex/Bitpin/Ramzinex sanctions blog commentary; $40B+ combined-flow estimateEstimate-level corroboration only; core designation facts trace to Treasury. Not Cited for Atrocity Facts
Holland & Knight, LBK&M (Lewis Baach Kaufmann Middlemiss) · Hormuz insurance-scheme alert; Shamkhani sanctions-roundup alertCorroboration/finding-aid only. Not Cited for Atrocity Facts
Husch Blackwell/JDSupra · BIS 29-entity Entity List addition summaryCorroboration of primary Federal Register record only. Not Cited for Atrocity Facts
Kharon · "Mapping Iran's Shamkhani 'Shipping Empire'"; "Behind Iran's War Chest, an Oil 'Lifeline' from China"Used only as corroboration/finding aid alongside Treasury/press sourcing; not sole basis for any claim. Not Cited for Atrocity Facts
Kpler · Iranian oil export/flow estimates (329k bpd trough, 565k bpd rebound, forecast pieces)Used as the best-available Tier-4-adjacent proxy where no Tier 1-4 source exists; flagged in JN itself as such. Not Cited for Atrocity Facts
Norton Rose Fulbright, Thompson Hine, Bracewell · GL X explainer/revocation alerts; Canada Q1 2026 sanctions updateCorroboration only. Not Cited for Atrocity Facts
OCCRP · UK Land Registry/Register of Overseas Entities investigation, Zahed's Knightsbridge property, Hayek-alias Dubai propertyYes, the £25M Knightsbridge and $29M Dubai property claims rest on OCCRP's own document-based investigation, not independently re-hosted by a Tier 1-4 outlet. Not Cited for Atrocity Facts
OJ PDF ·
OJ PDF Not Cited for Atrocity Facts OpenSanctions · MAPNA/LILY/Kaalund entity-record aggregation (mirrors primary OFAC/EU/UK data)Used only for supplementary biographical/registry fields, never as sole source. Not Cited for Atrocity Facts
Steptoe LLP · Weekly Sanctions Updates (multiple dates: Jun 8, Jun 22, Jul 13, Jul 20, Jul 27, Aug 3), the "Paragraph 9 sanctions moratorium" characterization of the MOU rests solely on Steptoe's June 22 update (secondary corroboration); no primary MOU text excerpt was independently obtained for this specific paragraph-9 claim.Load-bearing for one specific legal-interpretation claim; otherwise finding-aid/corroboration only. Not Cited for Atrocity Facts
TRM Labs · "How Two UK-registered Companies Moved Over a Billion in Stablecoins for the IRGC" (Zedcex/Zedxion, already OFAC-designated); Shelbit/Zedx DMCC "commercial ecosystem" mappingUsed only as pre-designation-exposure context; underlying designations independently confirmed via OFAC. Not Cited for Atrocity Facts
UANI (United Against Nuclear Iran) · "June 2026 Iran Tanker Tracker" (~1.75M bpd claim)Checked and rejected: not used for any figure. Not Cited for Atrocity Facts
sanctionsexpert.com, Alaco, Global Sanctions tracker (Peters & Peters), Lovguiden · Weekly sanctions-development roundups; EU Ansari-listing date corroborationCorroboration only; Lovguiden's rendering of the MAPNA/Ansari EU listing text was cross-checked against a fresh EUR-Lex fetch during this audit and confirmed accurate. Not Cited for Atrocity Facts