Blackstone and KKR, fellow private equity underwriters (PEU's), had Iranian disclosures of their own. It doesn't hurt to have a toehold in Iran for when the U.S. and our 51st state open it up for Western commerce. Libya is instructive for how this might happen.
Not one reporter from Bloomberg, WSJ, FT, Dealbook or CNBC went out on a limb to report this fact. It'd be more like a plank, given the reporter would lose access to modern day Robber Barons, Carlyle's David Rubenstein, KKR's Henry Kravis & Blackstone's Stephen Schwarzman. They might lose their job for reporting any facts that would put such great men in a bad light.
Corporate narcissists are exceedingly good at managing their image, i.e. keeping their good name.
Update 3-24-13: Even DowJones couldn't find it in their piece on corporate responsibility and near universal Iran sanctions.
Update 2-28-13: Quartz reported on a number of U.S. companies doing business with Iran, including PEU's.
