Jeremy Binnie of
Jane's Defence Weekly stated that it is likely that she is the former Galaxy F, an Italian-built cargo ship launched in 1992.
[3]H. I. Sutton maintains that "we cannot say for certain, at this stage, that it is her. But Galaxy Fis a strong candidate and even if not, the design is essentially identical".
[4]
Following such reports, the Italian MP Antonio Zennaro (a member of the
Parliamentary Committee for the Security of the Republic) filed a formal interrogation addressing the Italian government,
[5] asking it to verify if Shahid Roudaki really was Galaxy F and—if that were the case—if the ship had been sold to the Iranians in contravention to international sanctions against
dual-use technology