[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 97 (Friday, May 18, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23337-23338]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-10660]


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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

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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 FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: OFAC: Associate Director for Global 
Targeting, tel.: 202-622-2420; Assistant Director for Sanctions 
Compliance & Evaluation, tel.: 202-622-2490; Assistant Director for 
Licensing, tel.: 202-622-2480; or the Department of the Treasury's 
Office of the General Counsel: Office of the Chief Counsel (Foreign 
Assets Control), tel.: 202-622-2410.

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

    On May 15, 2018, OFAC determined that the property and interests in 
property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of the following persons are 
blocked under the relevant sanctions authorities listed below.

Individuals

    1. KAREEM, Aras Habib (a.k.a. KAREEM, Aras Habib Mohamed; a.k.a. 
KARIM, Aras Habib; a.k.a. ``HABIB, Aras''), Iraq; DOB 06 Aug 1967; POB 
Iraq; Additional Sanctions Information--Subject to Secondary Sanctions; 
Gender Male (individual) [SDGT] [IRGC] [IFSR] (Linked To: ISLAMIC 
REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS (IRGC)-QODS FORCE).
    Designated pursuant to section 1(d)(i) of E.O. 13224 for assisting 
in, sponsoring, or providing financial, material, techological support 
for, or financial or other services to or in support of, Iran's ISLAMIC 
REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS-QODS FORCE, a person determined to be subject 
to E.O. 13224.
    2. QASIR, Muhammad (a.k.a. KASSIR, Mohammed Jaafar; a.k.a. QASIR, 
Muhammad Jafar; a.k.a. ``EYNAKI''; a.k.a. ``FADI''; a.k.a. ``GHOLI, 
Hossein''; a.k.a. ``MAJID''; a.k.a. ``SALAH, Shaykh''), Syria; DOB 12 
Feb 1967; POB Dayr Qanun Al-Nahr, Lebanon; Additional Sanctions 
Information--Subject to Secondary Sanctions Pursuant to the Hizballah 
Financial Sanctions Regulations; Gender Male (individual) [SDGT] 
(Linked To: HIZBALLAH).
    Designated pursuant to section 1(c) of E.O. 13224 for acting for or 
on behalf of, HIZBALLAH, a person determined to be subject to E.O. 
13224.
    3. SEIF, Valiollah, Iran; DOB 1952; POB Nahavand, Hamadan Province, 
Iran; Additional Sanctions Information--Subject to Secondary Sanctions; 
Gender Male (individual) [SDGT] [IFSR] (Linked To: ISLAMIC 
REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS (IRGC)-QODS FORCE).
    Designated pursuant to section 1(d)(i) of E.O. 13224 for assisting 
in, sponsoring, or providing financial, material, techological support 
for, or financial or other services to or in support of, Iran's ISLAMIC 
REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS-QODS FORCE, a person determined to be subject 
to E.O. 13224.
    4. TARZALI, Ali, Iran; DOB 10 Oct 1964; POB Tehran, Iran; 
Additional Sanctions Information--Subject to Secondary Sanctions; 
Gender Male; Passport B23527205 (Iran); National ID No. 005-156675-3 
(Iran); Birth Certificate Number 2233 (Iran) (individual) [SDGT] [IFSR] 
(Linked To: ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS (IRGC)-QODS FORCE).
    Designated pursuant to section 1(d)(i) of E.O. 13224 for assisting 
in, sponsoring, or providing financial, material, techological support 
for, or financial or other services to or in support of, Iran's ISLAMIC 
REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS-QODS FORCE, a person determined to be subject 
to E.O. 13224.

Entity

    1. AL-BILAD ISLAMIC BANK FOR INVESTMENT AND FINANCE P.S.C. (a.k.a. 
AL BILAD ISLAMIC BANK), 37 Building El-Karadeh 909 Street 1 Near Al 
Hurea Square, Baghdad, Iraq; Al Masbah Branch, Baghdad Al Masbah 
Intersection, 929 Street 17 Bldg. 40, Previously the German Embassy, 
Baghdad, Iraq; Erbil Branch, Erbil Province, 60 Bldg 354/132, 45 
Street, Erbil, Iraq; Al Mawarid Branch, Baghdad--Street 62 Neighboring 
the Department of Electricity, Baghdad, Iraq; Al Nasiryah Branch, Zi 
Kar Province El Saray, Bldg. 2/239 Janat Al Janoub Hotel Building, 
Nasiryah, Iraq; Al Basra Branch Al Basra, Manawy Pasha Corniche Street, 
Basra, Iraq; Al Sadr Branch, Jameela District--8-22-512, Sadr City, 
Iraq; Al Jaderya Branch Baghdad, Al Jaderya--Versus Baghdad University, 
906 Street 28--Dar 3, Baghdad, Iraq; Karbala Branch Karbala, Al Dareeba 
Intersection, Karbala, Iraq; Al Najaf Branch, Al Najaf Al Ashraf, Al 
Amir District--Al Koufa Street, Najaf, Iraq; Zakho Branch Dahook, 
Zakho--Ibrahim Al Khaleel Street, Baydar Boulevard, Zakho, Iraq; Al 
Mansour Branch Baghdad, Al Mansour-12-G 605-M-Bldg, Baghdad, Iraq; 
Babel Branch Babel, Kalaj--Al Honood Branch, Babel, Iraq; Beirut Branch 
Lebabon, Beirut--Hamra Street, Broadway Center--Versus Costa Caf, 
Lebanon, Beirut, Lebanon; website www.Bilad-Bank.com; Additional 
Sanctions Information--Subject to Secondary Sanctions [SDGT] [IRGC] 
[IFSR].
    Designated pursuant to section 1(c) of E.O. 13224 for being owned 
or controlled by ARAS HABIB KAREEM.

    Dated: May 15, 2018.
Andrea M. Gacki,
Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2018-10660 Filed 5-17-18; 8:45 am]
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