[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 209 (Wednesday, October 28, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 68412]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-23807]


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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 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 effective date.

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 Assistant Director for Regulatory 
Affairs, tel.: 202-622-4855.

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 (https://www.treasury.gov/ofac).

Notice of OFAC Actions

    On October 22, 2020, 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.

Entities

    1. BAYAN RASANEH GOSTAR INSTITUTE (a.k.a. BAYAN GOSTAR MEDIA 
INSTITUTE; a.k.a. BAYAN RASANE GOSTAR INSTITUTE), Iran; Additional 
Sanctions Information--Subject to Secondary Sanctions [ELECTION-E.O. 
13848] (Linked To: ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS (IRGC)-QODS 
FORCE).
    Designated pursuant to section 2(a)(i) of Executive Order 13848 
of September 12, 2018, ``Imposing Certain Sanctions in the Event of 
Foreign Interference in a United States Election,'' 83 FR 46843, 3 
CFR, 2018 Comp., p. 869, (E.O. 13848) for having directly or 
indirectly engaged in, sponsored, concealed, or otherwise been 
complicit in foreign interference in a United States election.
    2. INTERNATIONAL UNION OF VIRTUAL MEDIA (a.k.a. IUVM), Iran; 
Additional Sanctions Information--Subject to Secondary Sanctions 
[ELECTION-E.O. 13848] (Linked To: ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS 
(IRGC)-QODS FORCE).
    Designated pursuant to section 2(a)(iii) of E.O. 13848 for being 
owned or controlled by, or having acted or purported to act for or 
on behalf of, directly or indirectly, the ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY 
GUARD CORPS (IRGC)-QODS FORCE, an entity whose property or interests 
in property are blocked pursuant to E.O. 13848.
    3. ISLAMIC RADIO AND TELEVISION UNION (a.k.a. IRTVU), Iran; 
Beirut, Lebanon; Kabul, Afghanistan; Additional Sanctions 
Information--Subject to Secondary Sanctions [ELECTION-E.O. 13848] 
(Linked To: ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS (IRGC)-QODS FORCE).
    Designated pursuant to section 2(a)(iii) of E.O. 13848 for being 
owned or controlled by, or having acted or purported to act for or 
on behalf of, directly or indirectly, the ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY 
GUARD CORPS (IRGC)-QODS FORCE, an entity whose property or interests 
in property are blocked pursuant to E.O. 13848.
    4. ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS (a.k.a. AGIR; a.k.a. ARMY 
OF THE GUARDIANS OF THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTION; a.k.a. IRAN'S 
REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS; a.k.a. IRAN'S REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS; 
a.k.a. IRG; a.k.a. IRGC; a.k.a. ISLAMIC REVOLUTION GUARDS CORPS; 
a.k.a. ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY CORPS; a.k.a. ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY 
GUARDS; a.k.a. ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS CORPS; a.k.a. PASDARAN; 
a.k.a. PASDARAN-E INQILAB; a.k.a. PASDARN-E ENGHELAB-E ISLAMI; 
a.k.a. REVOLUTIONARY GUARD; a.k.a. REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS; a.k.a. 
SEPAH; a.k.a. SEPAH PASDARAN; a.k.a. SEPAH-E PASDARAN ENGHELAB 
ISLAMI; a.k.a. SEPAH-E PASDARAN-E ENGHELAB-E ESLAMI; a.k.a. SEPAH-E 
PASDARAN-E ENQELAB-E ESLAMI; a.k.a. THE ARMY OF THE GUARDIANS OF THE 
ISLAMIC REVOLUTION; a.k.a. THE IRANIAN REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS), 
Tehran, Iran; Syria; Additional Sanctions Information--Subject to 
Secondary Sanctions [FTO] [SDGT] [NPWMD] [IRGC] [IFSR] [IRAN-HR] 
[HRIT-IR] [ELECTION-E.O. 13848].
    Designated pursuant to section 2(a)(i) of E.O. 13848 having 
directly or indirectly engaged in, sponsored, concealed, or 
otherwise been complicit in foreign interference in a United States 
election.
    5. ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS (IRGC)-QODS FORCE (a.k.a. 
AL QODS; a.k.a. IRGC-QF; a.k.a. IRGC-QUDS FORCE; a.k.a. ISLAMIC 
REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS-QODS FORCE; a.k.a. JERUSALEM FORCE; a.k.a. 
PASDARAN-E ENGHELAB-E ISLAMI (PASDARAN); a.k.a. QODS (JERUSALEM) 
FORCE OF THE IRGC; a.k.a. QODS FORCE; a.k.a. QUDS FORCE; a.k.a. 
SEPAH-E QODS; a.k.a. SEPAH-E QODS (JERUSALEM FORCE)), Tehran, Iran; 
Syria; Additional Sanctions Information--Subject to Secondary 
Sanctions [FTO] [SDGT] [SYRIA] [IRGC] [IFSR] [IRAN-HR] [ELECTION-
E.O. 13848].
    Designated pursuant to section 2(a)(i) of E.O. 13848 having 
directly or indirectly engaged in, sponsored, concealed, or 
otherwise been complicit in foreign interference in a United States 
election.

    Dated: October 22, 2020.
Andrea Gacki,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of the 
Treasury.
[FR Doc. 2020-23807 Filed 10-27-20; 8:45 am]
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