Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions, 73843-73844 [2021-28180]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
• Office of Foreign Assets Control

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 246 (Tuesday, December 28, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73843-73844]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-28180]


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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 List of Specially Designated Nationals and 
Blocked Persons based on OFAC's action to impose sanctions on persons 
identified by the Secretary of State pursuant to the Countering 
America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (Pub. L. 115-44). 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 applicable date(s).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: OFAC: Andrea M. Gacki, Director, tel.: 
202-622-2480; Associate Director for Global Targeting, tel.: 202-622-
2420; Assistant Director for Licensing, tel.: 202-622-2480; Assistant 
Director for Regulatory Affairs, tel.: 202-622-4855; or the Assistant 
Director for Sanctions Compliance & Evaluation, tel.: 202-622-2490.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Electronic Availability

    The List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons and 
additional information concerning OFAC sanctions programs are available 
on OFAC's website (www.treas.gov/ofac).

Notice of OFAC Actions

    Background: Section 106(a) of the Countering America's Adversaries 
Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) requires the Secretary of State to 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees, no later than 90 
days after August 2, 2017, the date of enactment of CAATSA, and 
annually thereafter, a list of each person the Secretary determines, 
based on credible evidence, on or after August 2, 2017: (1) Is 
responsible for extrajudicial killings, torture, or other gross 
violations of internationally recognized human rights committed against 
individuals in Iran who seek (A) to expose illegal activity carried out 
by officials of the Government of Iran; or (B) to obtain, exercise, 
defend, or promote internationally recognized human rights and 
freedoms, such as the freedoms of religion, expression, association, 
and assembly, and the rights to a fair trial and democratic elections; 
or (2) acts as an agent of or on behalf of a foreign person in a matter 
relating to an activity described in paragraph (1) above. Section 
106(b) of CAATSA authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury, in 
consultation with the Secretary of State, pursuant to authority 
delegated by the President, to block all transactions in all property 
and interests in property of a person on the list required by section 
106(a) of CAATSA in accordance with the International Emergency 
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), if such property and 
interests in property are in the United States, come within the United 
States, or are or come within the possession or control of a United 
States person.
    The Secretary of State has identified the following persons in a 
list submitted to the appropriate congressional committees pursuant to 
section 106(a) of CAATSA. Accordingly, on December 7, 2021, the 
Director of OFAC, acting pursuant to delegated authority, has taken the 
actions described below to impose the sanctions set forth in Section 
106(b)(1) of CAATSA with respect to the persons listed below.

Individuals

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    The Director of OFAC has blocked all property and interests in 
property that are in the United States, that come within the United 
States, or that are or come within the possession or control of any 
United States person, including any overseas branch, and which may not 
be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in, of 
the above persons. These persons have been added to OFAC's List of 
Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons and include the 
identifying tag ``CAATSA--IRAN.''

    Dated: December 22, 2021.
Andrea M. Gacki
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of the 
Treasury.
[FR Doc. 2021-28180 Filed 12-27-21; 8:45 am]
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