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A vessel suspected to have shipped into Kenya the powder making explosive-Cyclotrimethylene Trinitramine is expected to dock at the port of Mombasa anytime this week, again, allafrica reports on July 26, 2012. The MV Pardis has also been at the centre of possible US sanctions over Iran-owned vessels, which are said to be re-flagged to mask their ownership. Sources confirmed to the Star that the vessel has so far made 23 calls to the port of Mombasa, on a monthly basis, and it was during one of those calls that the vessel was carrying the RDX, which has been linked to the two Iranians facing terrorism charges, Ahmad Mohammed and Sayed Mousavi The Star recently reported that the manifest of MV Pardis apparently confirmed that six security officers and another nine crew members were on board the vessel, which was carrying about 200 containers when it last docked at the port with the explosives. http://allafrica.com/stories/201207250997.html However, the Iran government has dismissed the reports that the ship allegedly owned by the Pacific Island nation, Tuvalu, was used to sneak into the country dangerous explosive materials that were impounded in Mombasa. Iranian ambassador to Kenya Malek Hossein Givzad claims the information is "false and aimed at further tarnishing its international image in wide propaganda by US, Israel and some European Union (EU) states".