[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 46 (Thursday, March 11, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13954-13955]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-05053]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 11360]
Designation of Individuals and Entities Pursuant to Executive
Order 13949 and Delegation to the Under Secretary for Arms Control and
International Security of Authorities in Executive Order 13949
AGENCY: Department of State.
ACTION: Notice of designations and delegation of authority.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the authority in Section 1(a)(i) of Executive
Order 13949, ``Blocking Property of Certain Persons with Respect to the
Conventional Arms Activities of Iran,'' the Secretary of State, in
consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury and the Attorney
General, has determined that the Iranian Ministry of Defense and Armed
Forces Logistics (MODAFL), Iran's Defense Industries Organization
(DIO), DIO Director Mehrdad Akhlaghi-Ketabchi, and Venezuela's nominal
president Nicholas Maduro engage in activity that materially
contributes to the supply, sale, or transfer, directly or indirectly,
to or from Iran, or for the use in or benefit of Iran, of arms or
related materiel, including spare parts. The Secretary of State, in
consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury and the Attorney
General, has additionally determined that Iran's Marine Industries
Organization (MIO), Aerospace Industries Organization (AIO), and the
Iran Aviation Industries Organization (IAIO), engage in activity that
materially contributes to the supply, sale, or transfer, directly or
indirectly, to or from Iran, or for the use in or benefit of Iran, of
arms or related materiel, including spare parts. Additionally, by the
virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of State, including
Section 1 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act, as amended,
the Secretary delegated to the Under Secretary for Arms Control and
International Security the functions conferred on the Secretary of
State in Executive Order 13949 of September 21, 2020.
DATES: The Secretary of State made these designations pursuant to
Executive Order 13949 on September 21, 2020 and January 15, 2021,
respectively. The Secretary of State delegated to the Under Secretary
for Arms Control and International Security the functions conferred on
the Secretary of State in Executive Order 13949 on January 15, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Office of Counterproliferation
Initiatives, Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation,
Department of State, Washington, DC 20520, tel.: 202-736-7065, or [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 21, 2020, the President,
invoking the authority, inter alia, of the International Emergency
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706) (``IEEPA''), issued Executive
Order 13949 (the ``Order''), effective on September 21, 2020. In the
Order the President took additional steps with respect to the national
emergency declared in Executive Order (E.O.) 12957 of March 15, 1995 to
counter Iran's malign influence in the Middle East, including transfers
from Iran of destabilizing conventional weapons and acquisition of arms
and related materiel by Iran.
Section 1 of the Order blocks, with certain exceptions, all
property and interests in property that are in the United States, that
hereafter come within the United States, or that are or hereafter come
within the possession or control of any United States person of the
following persons are blocked and may not be transferred, paid,
exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in: (i) Any person determined
by the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the
Treasury, to engage in any activity that materially contributes to the
supply, sale, or transfer, directly or indirectly, to or from Iran, or
for the use in or benefit of Iran, of arms or related materiel,
including spare parts; (ii) any person determined by the Secretary of
State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, to provide
to Iran any technical training, financial resources or services,
advice, other services, or assistance related to the supply, sale,
transfer, manufacture, maintenance, or use of arms and related materiel
described in subsection (a)(i) of this section; (iii) any person
determined by the Secretary of State, in consultation with the
Secretary of the Treasury, to have engaged, or attempted to engage, in
any activity that materially contributes to, or poses a risk of
materially contributing to, the proliferation of arms or related
materiel or items intended for military end-uses or military end-users,
including any efforts to manufacture, acquire, possess, develop,
transport, transfer, or use such items, by the Government of Iran
(including persons owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf
of the Government of Iran) or paramilitary organizations financially or
militarily supported by the Government of Iran; (iv) any person
determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the
Secretary of State, to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided
financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services
to or in support of, any person whose property and interests in
property are blocked pursuant to this order; or (v) any person
determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the
Secretary of State, to be owned or controlled by, or to have acted or
purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any
person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to
this order.
As a result of this action, all property and interests in property
of MODAFL, DIO, DIO Director Mehrdad Akhlaghi-Ketabchi, MIO, AIO, IAIO,
or Nicholas Maduro that are in the United States, or that hereafter
come within the United States or that are or hereafter come within the
possession or control of United States persons are blocked and may not
be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in.
The delegation to the Under Secretary for Arms Control and
International Security of the functions conferred on the Secretary of
State in Executive Order 13949 of September 21, 2020 includes any act,
executive order, regulation, or procedure subject to, or affected by,
this delegation shall be deemed to be such act, executive order,
regulation, or procedure as amended from time to time. Additionally,
the Secretary, the Deputy Secretary, or the Deputy Secretary for
Management and Resources may at any time exercise any authority or
function delegated herein. Internally, the Department identified this
delegation as Delegation of Authority No. 496.
Information on the designees:
Entity 1
Name: Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics
a.k.a.: Ministry of Defense and Support for Armed Forces Logistics
a.k.a.: MODAFL
a.k.a.: MODSAF
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a.k.a.: Ministry of Defense for Armed Forces Logistics
a.k.a.: Ministry of Defense Armed Forces Logistics
a.k.a.: Vezarat-E Defa Va Poshtybani-E Niru-Haye Mosallah
a.k.a.: Ministry of Defence & Armed Forces Logistics
a.k.a.: Government of Iran Department of Defense
a.k.a.: Vezarate Defa
Address: Ferdowsi Avenue, Sarhang Sakhaei Street, Tehran, Iran
Address: P.O. Box 11365-8439, Pasdaran Ave. Tehran, Iran
Address: West side of Dabestan Street, Abbas Abad District, Tehran,
Iran
Entity 2
Name: DEFENSE INDUSTRIES ORGANIZATION
a.k.a.: DIO
a.k.a.: DEFENCE INDUSTRIES ORGANISATION
a.k.a.: SAZEMANE SANAYE DEFA
a.k.a.: SASEMAN SANAJE DEFA
a.k.a.: SASADJA
Address: P.O. Box 19585-777, Pasdaran Street, Tehran, Iran
Entity 3
Name: AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES ORGANIZATION
a.k.a.: AIO
a.k.a.: SAZMANE SANAYE HAVA FAZA
Address: Langare Street, Nobonyad Square, Tehran, Iran
Entity 4
Name: IRAN AVIATION INDUSTRIES ORGANIZATION
a.k.a.: IAIO
a.k.a.: SAZMANE SANAYE HAVAI
Address: Karaj Special Road, Mehrabad Airport, Tehran, Iran
Address 2: Sepahbod Gharani 36, Tehran, Iran
Address 3: 3th Km Karaj Special Road, Aviation Industries Boulevard,
Tehran, Iran
Entity 4
Name: MARINE INDUSTRIES ORGANIZATION
a.k.a.: MIO
Address: Pasdaran Av., P.O. Box 19585/777, Tehran, Iran
Individual 1
Name: Merhdada Akhlaghi KETABACHI
Date of birth: September 10, 1958
Gender: Male
Nationality: Iran
Passport number: A0030940 (Iran)
Individual 2
Name: Nicolas MADURO MOROS
Date of birth: November 23, 1962
Place of birth: Caracas, Venezuela
Gender: Male
Nationality: Venezuela
Cedula number: 5892464 (Venezuela)
Zachary A. Parker,
Director, Office of Directives Management.
[FR Doc. 2021-05053 Filed 3-10-21; 8:45 am]
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