I, HOSSEIN ATAR JANNESAR NOBARI, as the initial petitioner, call for an international investigation into the potential misuse of U.S. passports and identities as fronts for companies, bank accounts and financial structures controlled by third parties.

Particular attention should be given to cases involving homeless, financially vulnerable or economically inactive U.S. citizens with little or no genuine commercial history who may be used as nominal owners, directors, shareholders or account holders.

A U.S. passport should never substitute for verification of the actual beneficial owner, source of wealth, source of funds and person exercising effective control.

This issue deserves examination across major financial centers, including the United States, London, Hong Kong, Singapore, Germany, Switzerland and the United Arab Emirates. Opaque structures can potentially facilitate money laundering, drug trafficking, human trafficking, illicit arms trafficking, organized fraud, sanctions evasion and financing of illegal armed networks.

At the same time, millions of law-abiding Iranians face serious barriers to international banking and legitimate commerce despite having committed no financial crime personally.

We call for one evidence-based standard for everyone: investigate the real owner and source of funds, regardless of nationality.

A U.S. passport must not become a shield for hidden financial control, while an Iranian passport must not become evidence of criminality.

HOSSEIN ATAR JANNESAR NOBARI
Initial Petitioner