On 10 January 2020, the US State Department extended its sanctions under Executive Order 13876 to Shamkhani and seven other individuals, and “twenty-two entities and three vessels pursuant to Executive Order 13871” as well as a Chinese steel trading organization under the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act.On 20 February 2020, the US Treasury Department extended its sanctions again under Executive Order 13876 to Shamkhani amongst other individuals, following “the disqualification of several thousand electoral candidates by Iran’s Guardian Council”.