[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 187 (Friday, September 25, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 60518]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-21153]


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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 (SDN List) based on the determination by the Secretary of 
State, in consultation with the heads of relevant agencies, 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 the Assistant Director 
for Licensing, tel.: 202-622-2480.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Electronic Availability

    The SDN 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, in consultation with the Secretary of the 
Treasury and heads of other relevant agencies, has selected certain 
sanctions to be imposed upon the persons listed below, pursuant to 
which the property and interests in property subject to U.S. 
jurisdiction of the persons listed below are blocked. The Secretary of 
State's determination is effective September 21, 2020.

Individuals

    1. GHADIRIAN, Hamid Reza, Iran; DOB 23 Sep 1978; POB Aran o 
Bigdol, Iran; nationality Iran; Additional Sanctions Information--
Subject to Secondary Sanctions; Gender Male; National ID No. 
6199152344 (Iran) (individual) [NPWMD] [IFSR].
    Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(ii) of Executive Order 13382 
of June 28, 2005, 70 FR 38567, 3 CFR, 2006 Comp., p. 170 (E.O. 
13382) for having engaged, or attempted to engage, in activities or 
transactions that have materially contributed to, or pose a risk of 
materially contributing to, the proliferation of weapons of mass 
destruction or their means of delivery (including missiles capable 
of delivering such weapons), including any efforts to manufacture, 
acquire, possess, develop, transport, transfer or use such items, by 
an person or foreign county of proliferation concern.
    2. SHIVA'I, Ahmad Asghari (a.k.a. SHIVAEI, Ahmed Asghari), Iran; 
DOB 03 Mar 1973; POB Tehran, Iran; nationality Iran; Additional 
Sanctions Information--Subject to Secondary Sanctions; Gender Male; 
National ID No. 55690718 (Iran) (individual) [NPWMD] [IFSR].
    Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(ii) of E.O. 13382 for having 
engaged, or attempted to engage, in activities or transactions that 
have materially contributed to, or pose a risk of materially 
contributing to, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction or 
their means of delivery (including missiles capable of delivering 
such weapons), including any efforts to manufacture, acquire, 
possess, develop, transport, transfer or use such items, by an 
person or foreign county of proliferation concern.


    Dated: September 21, 2020.
Andrea M. Gacki,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2020-21153 Filed 9-24-20; 8:45 am]
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