Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions
| Published date | 14 October 2020 |
| Record Number | 2020-22724 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Foreign Assets Control Office,Treasury Department |
Federal Register, Volume 85 Issue 199 (Wednesday, October 14, 2020)
[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 199 (Wednesday, October 14, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65137-65138]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-22724]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions
AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets
Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of one or more persons that have
been placed on OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked
Persons List based on OFAC's determination that one or more applicable
legal criteria were satisfied. All property and interests in property
subject to U.S. jurisdiction of these persons are blocked, and U.S.
persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with
them.
DATES: See Supplementary Information section for applicable date(s).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: OFAC: Associate Director for Global
Targeting, tel.: 202-622-2420; Assistant Director for Sanctions
Compliance & Evaluation, tel.: 202-622-2490, or; Assistant Director for
Licensing, tel.: 202-622-2480.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic Availability
The Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List and
additional information concerning OFAC sanctions programs are available
on OFAC's website (www.treas.gov/ofac).
Notice of OFAC Actions
The Secretary of State has identified the following persons in a
list submitted to the appropriate congressional committees pursuant to
Executive Order ``Blocking Property of Certain Persons with Respect to
the Conventional Arms Activities of Iran.'' Accordingly, on September
21, 2020, the Director of OFAC, acting pursuant to delegated authority,
has taken the actions described below to impose the sanctions set forth
in Section 2 of this Executive Order with respect to the persons listed
below.
Individuals
1. MADURO MOROS, Nicolas (Latin: MADURO MOROS, Nicol[aacute]s),
Caracas, Capital District, Venezuela; DOB 23 Nov 1962; POB Caracas,
Venezuela; citizen Venezuela; Gender Male; Cedula No. 5892464
(Venezuela); President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
(individual) [VENEZUELA] [IRAN-CON-ARMS-E.O.].
Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(i) of Executive Order 13949
of September 21, 2020, 85 FR 60043 (E.O. 13949) for having engaged,
or attempted to engage, in activities or transactions that have
materially contributed to the supply, sale, or transfer to or from
Iran directly or indirectly, or for the use in or benefit of Iran,
of arms or related materiel, including spare parts.
2. KETABACHI, Mehrdada Akhlaghi (a.k.a. KETABCHI, Merhdada
Akhlaghi), c/o AIO, Langare Street, Nobonyad Square, Tehran, Iran;
c/o SBIG, Tehran, Iran; DOB 10 Sep
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1958; nationality Iran; Additional Sanctions Information--Subject to
Secondary Sanctions; Passport A0030940 (Iran) (individual) [NPWMD]
[IFSR] [IRAN-CON-ARMS-E.O.].
Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(i) of E.O. 13949 for having
engaged, or attempted to engage, in activities or transactions that
have materially contributed to the supply, sale, or transfer to or
from Iran directly or indirectly, or for the use in or benefit of
Iran, of arms or related materiel, including spare parts.
Entities
1. DEFENSE INDUSTRIES ORGANIZATION (a.k.a. DEFENCE INDUSTRIES
ORGANISATION; a.k.a. DIO; a.k.a. SASEMAN SANAJE DEFA; a.k.a.
SAZEMANE SANAYE DEFA; a.k.a. ``SASADJA''), P.O. Box 19585-777,
Pasdaran Street, Entrance of Babaie Highway, Permanent Expo of
Defence Industries Organization, Tehran, Iran; Additional Sanctions
Information--Subject to Secondary Sanctions [NPWMD] [IFSR] [IRAN-
CON-ARMS-E.O.].
Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(i) of E.O. 13949 for having
engaged, or attempted to engage, in activities or transactions that
have materially contributed to the supply, sale, or transfer to or
from Iran directly or indirectly, or for the use in or benefit of
Iran, of arms or related materiel, including spare parts.
2. MINISTRY OF DEFENSE AND ARMED FORCES LOGISTICS (a.k.a.
GOVERNMENT OF IRAN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE; a.k.a. MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
& ARMED FORCES LOGISTICS; a.k.a. MINISTRY OF DEFENSE AND SUPPORT FOR
ARMED FORCES LOGISTICS; a.k.a. MINISTRY OF DEFENSE ARMED FORCES
LOGISTICS; a.k.a. MINISTRY OF DEFENSE FOR ARMED FORCES LOGISTICS;
a.k.a. MODAFL; a.k.a. MODSAF; a.k.a. VEZARATE DEFA; a.k.a. VEZARAT-E
DEFA VA POSHTYBANI-E NIRU-HAYE MOSALLAH), Ferdowsi Avenue, Sarhang
Sakhaei Street, Tehran, Iran; PO Box 11365-8439, Pasdaran Ave.,
Tehran, Iran; West side of Dabestan Street, Abbas Abad District,
Tehran, Iran; Additional Sanctions Information--Subject to Secondary
Sanctions [SDGT] [NPWMD] [IFSR] [IRAN-CON-ARMS-E.O.] (Linked To:
ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS (IRGC)-QODS FORCE).
Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(i) of E.O. 13949 for having
engaged, or attempted to engage, in activities or transactions that
have materially contributed to the supply, sale, or transfer to or
from Iran directly or indirectly, or for the use in or benefit of
Iran, of arms or related materiel, including spare parts.
Dated: September 24, 2020.
Andrea M. Gacki,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
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