[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 102 (Friday, May 25, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24391-24392]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-11318]


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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 FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

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    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 22, 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. AZARPISHEH, Mehdi (a.k.a. ``MANSURI, Mehdi''), Iran; DOB 31 Jul 
1983; Additional Sanctions Information--Subject to Secondary Sanctions; 
Gender Male; Passport 26338775 (individual) [SDGT] [IRGC] [IFSR] 
(Linked To: ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS (IRGC)-QODS FORCE).
    Designated pursuant to section 1(c) of Executive Order 13224 of 
September 23, 2001, ``Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions 
With Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism,'' 
(E.O. 13224) for acting for or on behalf of, Iran's ISLAMIC 
REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS-QODS FORCE, a person determined to be subject 
to E.O. 13224.
    2. JA'FARI, Mohammad Agha (a.k.a. ``JA'FARI, Mohammad''), Iran; DOB 
1966; alt. DOB 1967; POB Kashan, Iran; Additional Sanctions 
Information--Subject to Secondary Sanctions; Gender Male (individual) 
[SDGT] [IRGC] [IFSR] (Linked To: ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS AL-
GHADIR MISSILE COMMAND).
    Designated pursuant to section 1(c) of E.O. 13224 for acting for or 
on behalf of, Iran's ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS AL GHADIR 
MISSILE COMMAND, a person determined to be subject to E.O. 13224.
    3. KAZEMABAD, Mahmud Bagheri (a.k.a. BAGHERI, Mahmud Kazemabad; 
a.k.a. BAGHERI-KAZEMABAD, Mahmud; a.k.a. KAZEMABAD, Mahmoud Bagheri; 
a.k.a. KZEMABAD, Mahmoud Bagheri; a.k.a. ``BAGHERI, Mahmoud''; a.k.a. 
``BAGHERI, Mahmud''), Iran; DOB 26 Jun 1965; POB Meybod, Iran; 
nationality Iran; Additional Sanctions Information--Subject to 
Secondary Sanctions; Gender Male; Passport J32377129 (Iran) expires 31 
Aug 2020; National ID No. 448947941 (Iran) (individual) [SDGT] [IRGC] 
[IFSR] (Linked To: ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS AL-GHADIR MISSILE 
COMMAND).
    Designated pursuant to section 1(c) of E.O. 13224 for acting for or 
on behalf of, Iran's ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS AL GHADIR 
MISSILE COMMAND, a person determined to be subject to E.O. 13224.
    4. SHIR AMIN, Javad Bordbar (a.k.a. BORDBARSHERAMIN, Javad; a.k.a. 
BORDBARSHERAMIN, Javad Ali; a.k.a. ``BORDBAR, Javad''), Iran; DOB 27 
Oct 1981; nationality Iran; Additional Sanctions Information--Subject 
to Secondary Sanctions; Gender Male; Passport A37845408 expires 24 Aug 
2021 (individual) [SDGT] [IRGC] [IFSR] (Linked To: ISLAMIC 
REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS).
    Designated pursuant to section 1(c) of E.O. 13224 for acting for or 
on behalf of, Iran's ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS, a person 
determined to be subject to E.O. 13224.
    5. TEHRANI, Sayyed Mohammad Ali Haddadnezhad (a.k.a. HADDADNEZHAD, 
Sayyed Mohammad Ali Jalal), Iran; DOB 1970; nationality Iran; 
Additional Sanctions Information--Subject to Secondary Sanctions; 
Gender Male; Passport 32371002 (individual) [NPWMD] [IRGC] [IFSR] 
(Linked To: ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS RESEARCH AND SELF-
SUFFICIENCY JEHAD ORGANIZATION).
    Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(iii) of Executive Order 13382 
of June 28, 2005, ``Blocking Property of Weapons of Mass Destruction 
Proliferators and Their Supporters'' (``E.O. 13382''), for having 
provided, or attempted to provide, financial, material, technological 
or other support for, or goods or services in support of, Iran's 
ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS RESEARCH AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY JEHAD 
ORGANIZATION, a person whose property and interests in property are 
blocked pursuant to E.O. 13382.
    Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(iv) of E.O. 13382 for acting or 
purporting to act for or on behalf, directly or indirectly, Iran's 
ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS RESEARCH AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY JEHAD 
ORGANIZATION, a person whose property and interests in property are 
blocked pursuant to E.O. 13382.

    Dated: May 22, 2018.
Andrea M. Gacki,
Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
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