Executive Order No. 13553. Blocking Property of Certain Persons With Respect to Serious Human Rights Abuses by the Government of Iran and Taking Certain Other Actions

• Executive Order No.: 13553
• Published date: 01 October 2010
• Citation: 75 FR 60567
• Date: 28 September 2010
• Section: Presidential Documents
• Issuer: Executive Office of the President

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Title 3— 
Executive Order 13553 of September 28, 2010 
The President 
Blocking Property of Certain Persons With Respect to Serious 
Human Rights Abuses by the Government of Iran and Taking 
Certain Other Actions 
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the 
laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency 
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701et seq.) (IEEPA), the National Emer-
gencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601et seq.), the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Ac-
countability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–195) (CISADA), 
and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, and in order to take additional 
steps with respect to the national emergency declared in Executive Order 
12957 of March 15, 1995, 
I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, hereby 
order: 
Section 1. (a) All property and interests in property that are in the United 
States, that hereafter come within the United States, or that are or hereafter 
come within the possession or control of any United States person, including 
any overseas branch, of the following persons are blocked and may not 
be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in: 
(i) the persons listed in the Annex to this order; and 
(ii) any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation 
with or at the recommendation of the Secretary of State: 
(A) to be an official of the Government of Iran or a person acting 
on behalf of the Government of Iran (including members of paramilitary 
organizations) who is responsible for or complicit in, or responsible for 
ordering, controlling, or otherwise directing, the commission of serious 
human rights abuses against persons in Iran or Iranian citizens or residents, 
or the family members of the foregoing, on or after June 12, 2009, regardless 
of whether such abuses occurred in Iran; 
(B) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, 
or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of, 
the activities described in subsection (a)(ii)(A) of this section or any person 
whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this 
order; or 
(C) to be owned or controlled by, or to have acted or purported to 
act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any person whose property 
and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order. 
(b) I hereby determine that the making of donations of the type of articles 
specified in section 203(b)(2) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(2)) by, to, or 
for the benefit of any person whose property and interests in property 
are blocked pursuant to subsection (a) of this section would seriously impair 
my ability to deal with the national emergency declared in Executive Order 
12957, and I hereby prohibit such donations as provided by subsection 
(a) of this section. 
(c) The prohibitions in subsection (a) of this section include but are 
not limited to: 
(i) the making of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services 
by, to, or for the benefit of any person whose property and interests 
in property are blocked pursuant to this order; and 
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(ii) the receipt of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services 
from any such person. 
(d) The prohibitions in subsection (a) of this section apply except to 
the extent provided by statutes, or in regulations, orders, directives, or 
licenses that may be issued pursuant to this order, and notwithstanding 
any contract entered into or any license or permit granted prior to the 
effective date of this order. 
Sec. 2. (a) Any transaction by a United States person or within the United 
States that evades or avoids, has the purpose of evading or avoiding, causes 
a violation of, or attempts to violate any of the prohibitions set forth in 
this order is prohibited. 
(b) Any conspiracy formed to violate any of the prohibitions set forth 
in this order is prohibited. 
Sec. 3. For the purposes of this order: 
(a) the term ‘‘person’’ means an individual or entity; 
(b) the term ‘‘entity’’  means a partnership, association, trust, joint venture, 
corporation, group, subgroup, or other organization; 
(c) the term ‘‘United States person’’  means any United States citizen, 
permanent resident alien, entity organized under the laws of the United 
States or any jurisdiction within the United States (including foreign 
branches), or any person in the United States; 
(d) the term ‘‘Government of Iran’’  includes the Government of Iran, any 
political subdivision, agency, or instrumentality thereof, and any person 
owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, the Government 
of Iran; and 
(e) the term ‘‘family member’’  means, with respect to an individual, a 
spouse, child, parent, sibling, grandchild, or grandparent of the individual. 
Sec. 4. For those persons whose property and interests in property are 
blocked pursuant to this order who might have a constitutional presence 
in the United States, I find that because of the ability to transfer funds 
or other assets instantaneously, prior notice to such persons of measures 
to be taken pursuant to this order would render those measures ineffectual. 
I therefore determine that for these measures to be effective in addressing 
the national emergency declared in Executive Order 12957, there need be 
no prior notice of a listing or determination made pursuant to section 
1(a) of this order. 
Sec. 5. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary 
of State, is hereby authorized to take such actions, including the promulgation 
of rules and regulations, and to employ all powers granted to the President 
by IEEPA and sections 105(a)–(c) of CISADA (22 U.S.C. 8514(a)–(c)), other 
than as described in sections 6 and 7 of this order, as may be necessary 
to carry out the purposes of this order other than the purposes of sections 
6 and 7. The Secretary of the Treasury may redelegate any of these functions 
to other officers and agencies of the United States Government consistent 
with applicable law. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with 
the Secretary of State, is hereby further authorized to exercise the functions 
and waiver authorities conferred upon the President by section 401(b) of 
CISADA (22 U.S.C. 8551(b)) with respect to the requirement to impose 
or maintain sanctions pursuant to IEEPA under section 105(a) of CISADA 
(22 U.S.C. 8514(a)) and to redelegate these functions and waiver authorities 
consistent with applicable law. All agencies of the United States Government 
are hereby directed to take all appropriate measures within their authority 
to carry out the provisions of this order. 
Sec. 6. The Secretary of State is hereby authorized to exercise the functions 
and authorities conferred upon the President by section 105(a) of CISADA 
(22 U.S.C. 8514(a)) with respect to imposition of the visa sanctions described 
in section 105(c) of CISADA (22 U.S.C. 8514(c)) and to redelegate these 
functions and authorities consistent with applicable law. The Secretary of 
State is hereby further authorized to exercise the functions and authorities 
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conferred upon the President by section 105(c) of CISADA (22 U.S.C. 8514(c)) 
with respect to the promulgation of rules and regulations related to the 
visa sanctions described therein and to redelegate these functions and au-
thorities consistent with applicable law. The Secretary of State is hereby 
further authorized to exercise the functions and waiver authorities conferred 
upon the President by section 401(b) of CISADA (22 U.S.C. 8551(b)) with 
respect to the requirement to impose or maintain visa sanctions under section 
105(a) of CISADA (22 U.S.C. 8514(a)) and to redelegate these functions 
and waiver authorities consistent with applicable law. In exercising the 
functions and authorities in the previous sentence, the Secretary of State 
shall consult the Secretary of Homeland Security on matters related to 
admissibility or inadmissibility within the authority of the Secretary of 
Homeland Security. 
Sec. 7. The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the 
Treasury, is hereby authorized to submit the initial and updated lists of 
persons who are subject to visa sanctions and whose property and interests 
in property are blocked pursuant to this order to the appropriate congres-
sional committees as required by section 105(b) of CISADA (22 U.S.C. 
8514(b)) and to redelegate these functions consistent with applicable law. 
The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, 
is hereby further authorized to exercise the functions and waiver authorities 
conferred upon the President by section 401(b) of CISADA (22 U.S.C. 8551(b)) 
with respect to the requirement to include a person on the list required 
by section 105(b) of CISADA (22 U.S.C. 8514(b)) and to redelegate these 
functions and waiver authorities consistent with applicable law. 
Sec. 8. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary 
of State, is hereby authorized to take such actions, including the promulgation 
of rules and regulations, and to employ all powers granted to the President 
by IEEPA, as may be necessary to carry out section 104 of CISADA (22 
U.S.C. 8513). The Secretary of the Treasury may redelegate any of these 
functions to other officers and agencies of the United States Government 
consistent with applicable law. 
Sec. 9. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary 
of State, is hereby authorized to determine that circumstances no longer 
warrant the blocking of the property and interests in property of a person 
listed in the Annex to this order, and to take necessary action to give 
effect to that determination. 
Sec. 10. This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right 
or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by 
any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, 
its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person. 
Sec. 11. The measures taken pursuant to this order are in response to 
actions of the Government of Iran occurring after the conclusion of the 
1981 Algiers Accords, and are intended solely as response to those later 
actions. 
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Sec. 12. This order is effective at 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on Sep-
tember 29, 2010. 
THE WHITE HOUSE, 
September 28, 2010. 
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