[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 229 (Tuesday, November 29, 2011)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control


Unblocking of One Specially Designated Terrorist Pursuant to 
Executive Order 12947

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 removing the name of one of individual, whose property 
and interests in property have been blocked pursuant to Executive Order 
12947 of January 25, 1995, Blocking Property and Prohibiting 
Transactions With Persons Who Threaten to Disrupt the Middle East Peace 
Process, from the list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked 
Persons (``SDN List'').

DATES: The removal of this individual from the SDN List is effective as 
of Tuesday, November 22, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Assistant Director, Sanctions 
Compliance and Evaluation, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department 
of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20220, tel.: 202/622-2490.

SUPPLENTARY IMFORMATION:

Electronic and Facsimile Availability

    The SDN List and additional information concerning OFAC are 
available from OFAC's Web site (http://www.treasury.gov/ofac). Certain 
general information pertaining to OFAC's sanctions programs also is 
available via facsimile through a 24-hour fax-on-demand service, tel.: 
202/622-0077.

Background

    On January 25, 1995, the President issued Executive Order 12947 
(the ``Order'') pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers 
Act, 50 U.S.C. 1701-1706, imposing economic sanctions on persons who 
threaten to disrupt the Middle East peace process. The President 
identified in the Annex to the Order various individuals and entities 
as subject to the economic sanctions. The Order authorizes the 
Secretaries of State and of the Treasury, in coordination with each 
other and with the Attorney General, to designate additional persons 
determined to meet certain criteria set forth in the Order.
    The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control 
has determined that this individual should be removed from the SDN 
List.
    The following individual is removed from the SDN List:

Individual

1. MUGHNIYAH, Imad Fa'iz (a.k.a. MUGHNIYAH, Imad Fayiz); DOB 07 Dec 
1962; POB Tayr Dibba, Lebanon; Passport 432298 (Lebanon); Senior 
Intelligence Officer of HIZBALLAH (individual)[SDT]

    The removal of this individual from the SDN List is effective as of 
Tuesday, November 22, 2011. All property and interests in property of 
the individual that are in or hereafter come within the United States 
or the possession or control of United States persons are now 
unblocked.

    Dated: November 21, 2011.
Adam J. Szubin,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
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