Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions

Notice published October 28, 2020 · 85 FR 68412

Document number: FR Doc. 2020-23807
Type: Notice
Published: October 28, 2020
Citation: 85 FR 68412 (page 68,412)
Action: Notice.
Dates: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for effective date.
Official sources: PDF (govinfo.gov) · federalregister.gov

Summary

The Federal Register's summaryThe 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

Executive Order 13848 · Other documents citing it · OFAC program tags: ELECTION-EO13848

Text

As the Government Publishing Office publishes it. Pages OFAC printed as images (in recent notices, the lists of names) are in the official PDF.

[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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