[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 46 (Thursday, March 11, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13955-13956]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-05057]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 11362]


Designation of Iranian Individuals

ACTION: Notice of designation.

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SUMMARY: The State Department, in consultation with the Secretary of 
the Treasury and the Attorney General, has determined that Majid Agha'i 
(Majid Aghaei) and Amjad Sazgar 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 
any person or foreign country of proliferation concern. The State 
Department, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury and the 
Attorney General, has additionally determined that Hamid Reza Ghadirian 
and Ahmad Asghari Shiva'i 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 by Iran, through activities that are contrary to 
Iran's JCPOA commitment that Iran will not engage in activities that 
could contribute to the development of a nuclear explosive device.

DATES: The Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International 
Security designated Majid Agha'i and Amjad Sazgar pursuant to Executive 
Order 13382 on May 29, 2020. The Secretary of State designated Hamid 
Reza Ghadirian and Ahmad Asghari Shiva'i pursuant to Executive Order 
13382 on September 21, 2020.

ADDRESSES: 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 June 28, 2005, the President, invoking 
the authority, inter alia, of the International Emergency Economic 
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706) (``IEEPA''), issued Executive Order 
13382 (70 CFR 38567, July 1, 2005) (the ``Order''), effective at 12:01 
a.m. eastern daylight time on June 30, 2005. In the Order, the 
President took additional steps with respect to the national emergency 
described and declared in Executive Order 12938 of November 14, 1994, 
regarding the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and the 
means of delivering them.
    Section 1 of the Order blocks, with certain exceptions, all 
property and interests in property 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, of: (1) 
The persons listed in the Annex to the Order; (2) any foreign person 
determined by the Secretary of State, in consultation with the 
Secretary of the Treasury, the Attorney General, and other relevant 
agencies, to have 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 any efforts to 
manufacture, acquire, possess, develop, transport, transfer or use such 
items, by any person or foreign country of proliferation concern; (3) 
any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation 
with the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, and other relevant 
agencies, to have provided, or attempted to provide, financial, 
material, technological or other support for, or goods or services in 
support of, any activity or transaction described in clause (2) above 
or any person whose property and interests in property are blocked 
pursuant to the Order; and (4) any person determined by the Secretary 
of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, the 
Attorney General, and other relevant agencies, to be owned or 
controlled by, or acting or purporting to act for or on behalf of, 
directly or indirectly, any person whose property and interests in 
property are blocked pursuant to the Order.
    As a result of this action, all property and interests in property 
of Majid Agha'I, Amjad Sazgar, Hamid Reza Ghadirian, and Ahmad Asghari 
Shiva'i 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

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transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in.
    Information on the designees:

Individual 1

Name: Majid Agha'i
Name: Majid Aghaei
Date of birth: April 13, 1984
National Identification Number: 1199310281 (Iran)
Place of Birth: Ghom, Iran
Gender: Male
Nationality: Iran
Location: Iran

Individual 2

Name: Amjad Sazgar
Date of birth: April 16, 1979
Place of Birth: Babol, Iran
Gender: Male
Nationality: Iran
Location: Iran

Individual 3

Name: Hamid Reza Ghadirian
Date of birth: September 23, 1978
Place of birth: Aran o Bigdol, Iran
Gender: Male
Nationality: Iran
National ID number: 6199152344
Location: Iran

Individual 4

Name: Ahmad Asghari Shiva'i
AKA: Ahmed Asghari Shivaei
Date of birth: March 3, 1973
Place of birth: Tehran, Iran
Gender: Male
Nationality: Iran
National ID number: 55690718
Location: Iran

Zachary A. Parker,
Director, Office of Directives Management.
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