Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions

Notice published May 18, 2018 · 83 FR 23337

Document number
FR Doc. 2018-10660
Type
Notice
Published
May 18, 2018
Citation
83 FR 23337 (pages 23,337–23,338)
Action
Notice.
Dates
See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section.
Official sources
PDF (govinfo.gov) · federalregister.gov

Summary

The Federal Register's summaryThe 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.

Executive orders cited

Text

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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 97 (Friday, May 18, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23337-23338]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-10660]


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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

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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: 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 15, 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. KAREEM, Aras Habib (a.k.a. KAREEM, Aras Habib Mohamed; a.k.a.
KARIM, Aras Habib; a.k.a. ``HABIB, Aras''), Iraq; DOB 06 Aug 1967; POB
Iraq; Additional Sanctions Information--Subject to Secondary Sanctions;
Gender Male (individual) [SDGT] [IRGC] [IFSR] (Linked To: ISLAMIC
REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS (IRGC)-QODS FORCE).
    Designated pursuant to section 1(d)(i) of E.O. 13224 for assisting
in, sponsoring, or providing financial, material, techological support
for, or financial or other services to or in support of, Iran's ISLAMIC
REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS-QODS FORCE, a person determined to be subject
to E.O. 13224.
    2. QASIR, Muhammad (a.k.a. KASSIR, Mohammed Jaafar; a.k.a. QASIR,
Muhammad Jafar; a.k.a. ``EYNAKI''; a.k.a. ``FADI''; a.k.a. ``GHOLI,
Hossein''; a.k.a. ``MAJID''; a.k.a. ``SALAH, Shaykh''), Syria; DOB 12
Feb 1967; POB Dayr Qanun Al-Nahr, Lebanon; Additional Sanctions
Information--Subject to Secondary Sanctions Pursuant to the Hizballah
Financial Sanctions Regulations; Gender Male (individual) [SDGT]
(Linked To: HIZBALLAH).
    Designated pursuant to section 1(c) of E.O. 13224 for acting for or
on behalf of, HIZBALLAH, a person determined to be subject to E.O.
13224.
    3. SEIF, Valiollah, Iran; DOB 1952; POB Nahavand, Hamadan Province,
Iran; Additional Sanctions Information--Subject to Secondary Sanctions;
Gender Male (individual) [SDGT] [IFSR] (Linked To: ISLAMIC
REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS (IRGC)-QODS FORCE).
    Designated pursuant to section 1(d)(i) of E.O. 13224 for assisting
in, sponsoring, or providing financial, material, techological support
for, or financial or other services to or in support of, Iran's ISLAMIC
REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS-QODS FORCE, a person determined to be subject
to E.O. 13224.
    4. TARZALI, Ali, Iran; DOB 10 Oct 1964; POB Tehran, Iran;
Additional Sanctions Information--Subject to Secondary Sanctions;
Gender Male; Passport B23527205 (Iran); National ID No. 005-156675-3
(Iran); Birth Certificate Number 2233 (Iran) (individual) [SDGT] [IFSR]
(Linked To: ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS (IRGC)-QODS FORCE).
    Designated pursuant to section 1(d)(i) of E.O. 13224 for assisting
in, sponsoring, or providing financial, material, techological support
for, or financial or other services to or in support of, Iran's ISLAMIC
REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS-QODS FORCE, a person determined to be subject
to E.O. 13224.

Entity

    1. AL-BILAD ISLAMIC BANK FOR INVESTMENT AND FINANCE P.S.C. (a.k.a.
AL BILAD ISLAMIC BANK), 37 Building El-Karadeh 909 Street 1 Near Al
Hurea Square, Baghdad, Iraq; Al Masbah Branch, Baghdad Al Masbah
Intersection, 929 Street 17 Bldg. 40, Previously the German Embassy,
Baghdad, Iraq; Erbil Branch, Erbil Province, 60 Bldg 354/132, 45
Street, Erbil, Iraq; Al Mawarid Branch, Baghdad--Street 62 Neighboring
the Department of Electricity, Baghdad, Iraq; Al Nasiryah Branch, Zi
Kar Province El Saray, Bldg. 2/239 Janat Al Janoub Hotel Building,
Nasiryah, Iraq; Al Basra Branch Al Basra, Manawy Pasha Corniche Street,
Basra, Iraq; Al Sadr Branch, Jameela District--8-22-512, Sadr City,
Iraq; Al Jaderya Branch Baghdad, Al Jaderya--Versus Baghdad University,
906 Street 28--Dar 3, Baghdad, Iraq; Karbala Branch Karbala, Al Dareeba
Intersection, Karbala, Iraq; Al Najaf Branch, Al Najaf Al Ashraf, Al
Amir District--Al Koufa Street, Najaf, Iraq; Zakho Branch Dahook,
Zakho--Ibrahim Al Khaleel Street, Baydar Boulevard, Zakho, Iraq; Al
Mansour Branch Baghdad, Al Mansour-12-G 605-M-Bldg, Baghdad, Iraq;
Babel Branch Babel, Kalaj--Al Honood Branch, Babel, Iraq; Beirut Branch
Lebabon, Beirut--Hamra Street, Broadway Center--Versus Costa Caf,
Lebanon, Beirut, Lebanon; website www.Bilad-Bank.com; Additional
Sanctions Information--Subject to Secondary Sanctions [SDGT] [IRGC]
[IFSR].
    Designated pursuant to section 1(c) of E.O. 13224 for being owned
or controlled by ARAS HABIB KAREEM.

    Dated: May 15, 2018.
Andrea M. Gacki,
Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2018-10660 Filed 5-17-18; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4810-AL-P

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