Iran-related and Counter Terrorism Designations; Issuance of Iran-related General License
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Source:US Treasury OFAC (U.S. Treasury, public domain)
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has announced new sanctions targeting several individuals and entities linked to Iran. The updates to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List include several Iranian nationals, such as Ali Ansari, who is designated under counter-terrorism and Iran-related programs. Other individuals added to the list include Shokufeh Rostam Abadi, Mohammad Darbani, Ali Asghar Khandan, Mohsen Khandan, Ahmad Navai Lavasani, Amir Navai Lavasani, and Zahra Sarshari.
The sanctions also target several business organizations. The Hong Kong-based CDM Trading Limited has been designated alongside multiple Iranian-based firms, including Lavasani and Partners General Partnership Company, Mohammad Darbani and Partners Exchange General Partnership Company, and Mohsen Khandan and Partners General Partnership Company. Many of these designations fall under the IRAN-EO13902 and IRAN-EO13876 sanctions programs.
In addition to the new designations, OFAC issued Iran General License Y. This specific license provides authorization for the wind-down of existing transactions involving Smart Global Limited.
The new measures involve various secondary sanctions risks and links to organizations such as the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF). The Treasury's actions are part of ongoing efforts to enforce economic restrictions related to Iran-related and counter-terrorism programs.
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