[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 40 (Tuesday, March 1, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11313-11314]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-4424]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control


Designation of Two Individuals Pursuant to Executive Order 13553

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control 
(``OFAC'') is publishing the names of two individuals newly-designated 
as persons whose property and interests in property are blocked 
pursuant to Executive Order 13553 of September 28, 2010, ``Blocking 
Property of Certain Persons With Respect to Serious Human Rights Abuses 
by the Government of Iran and Taking Certain Other Actions.'' The 
property and interests in property of one of the individuals are 
already blocked pursuant to another OFAC sanctions program.

DATES: The designation by the Director of OFAC of the two individuals 
identified in this notice, pursuant to Executive Order 13553 of 
September 28, 2010, is effective February 23, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Assistant Director, Compliance 
Outreach & Implementation, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department 
of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20220, Tel.: 202/622-2490.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic and Facsimile Availability

    This document and additional information concerning OFAC are 
available from OFAC's Web site (http://www.treas.gov/ofac) or via 
facsimile through a 24-hour fax-on-demand service, Tel.: 202/622-0077.

Background

    On September 28, 2010, the President issued Executive Order 13553, 
``Blocking Property of Certain Persons With Respect to Serious Human 
Rights Abuses by the Government of Iran and Taking Certain Other 
Actions'' (the ``Order'') pursuant to, inter alia, the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-06) and the Comprehensive 
Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 
111-195). In the Order, the President took additional steps with 
respect to the national emergency declared in Executive Order 12957 of 
March 15, 1995.
    Section 1 of the Order blocks, with certain exceptions, all 
property and interests in property that are in the United States, that 
come within the United States, or that are or come within the 
possession or control of any United States person, of persons listed in 
the Annex to the Order and of persons determined by the Secretary of 
the Treasury, in consultation with or at the recommendation of the 
Secretary of State, to meet any of the criteria set forth in the Order.
    The Annex to the Order listed eight individuals whose property and 
interests in property are blocked pursuant to the Order.
    On February 23, 2011, the Director of OFAC, in consultation with or 
at the recommendation of the Secretary of State, designated, pursuant 
to one or more of the criteria set forth in subparagraphs (a)(ii)(A) 
through (a)(ii)(C) of Section 1 of the Order, two individuals whose 
property and interests in property are blocked, pursuant to the Order. 
As noted above and in the listing below, the property and interests in 
property of one these individuals are already blocked pursuant to 
another OFAC sanctions program. The listing for these individuals is as 
follows:

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     JAFARI DOLATABADI, Abbas (a.k.a. JA'AFARI DOLATABADI, 
Abbas; a.k.a. JAFARI DOLAT-ABADI, Abbas; a.k.a. JAFARI DOVLATABADI, 
Abbas; a.k.a. JAFARI DOWLATABADI, Abbas; a.k.a. JA'FARI-DOLATABADI, 
Abbas; a.k.a. JAFARI-DOLATABADI, Abbas; a.k.a. JA'FARI-DOWLATABADI, 
Abbas), Tehran Revolutionary and Public Court, Office of Tehran 
Prosecutor, Arag Circle, Tehran, Iran; DOB 1953; Prosecutor-General of 
Tehran; General and Revolutionary Prosecutor of Tehran; Tehran Public 
and Revolution Prosecutor; Tehran Public Prosecutor (individual) [IRAN-
HR]
     NAQDI, Mohammad Reza (a.k.a. NAGHDI, Mohammad Reza; a.k.a. 
NAQDI, Muhammad; a.k.a. SHAMS, Mohammad Reza); DOB circa 1952; alt. DOB 
circa Mar 1961; alt. DOB circa Apr 1961; alt. DOB 1953; POB Najaf, 
Iraq; alt. POB Tehran, Iran; Brigadier General and Commander of the 
IRGC Basij Resistance Force; President of the Organization of the Basij 
of the Oppressed; Chief of the Mobilization of the Oppressed 
Organization; Head of the Basij (individual) [NPWMD] [IRGC] [IRAN-HR]

    Dated: February 23, 2011.
Adam J. Szubin,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2011-4424 Filed 2-28-11; 8:45 am]
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