Iran has violated UN sanctions term, despite a lack of report from member states

A panel of experts monitoring sanctions against Iran said in its final report that it has cited several sanctions violations by Iran that were not reported and quoted some unnamed countries as saying Tehran’s previous attempts to circumvent the bans remains basically unchanged, according to a Washington Post report on June 11, 2015.

The report’s release coincided with the Security Council’s unanimous approval of a resolution extending the mandate of the panel of experts until July 9, 2016. It came just three week before the June 30 deadline for Iran to reach a deal with six world powers that would put long-term caps on its present nuclear activities and lift some sanctions.
The Security Council has imposed four rounds of sanctions against Iran because of concerns it is seeking to develop nuclear weapons, and its refusal to suspend enrichment. 
The sanctions, which have chipped away at Iran’s economy, include a ban on the import of nuclear and missile-related materials and travel bans and the freezing of assets on listed individuals and companies.
While the panel said Iran has “implemented its commitments” under a deal with the six Western countries to curb its nuclear program in exchange for a limited easing of economic sanctions during the negotiations, its questioning of the failure to report any new violations in Tehran’s procurement efforts is likely to raise questions in the United States and among its key European allies.
Although no country reported a travel ban violation, the panel cited media reports and published several photos of Ghasem Soleimani, commander of the Quds Force in Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, showing that he traveled to Iraq, Syria and Lebanon.
Soleimani, who has been on the U.N. sanctions blacklist since 2007, “was reportedly organizing and training militia and regular forces in those countries,” the panel said. He was also shown on a magazine cover as a commander fighting the Islamic State group in Iraq, it said.
The experts said they were investigating a report from an unnamed member state that an Iranian approached a company in January 2015 trying to buy compressors, which are used in the oil and gas industry but can also be used to extract enriched uranium from centrifuges that could be used to fuel nuclear missiles.