[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 118 (Thursday, June 18, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36934-36935]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-13162]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions Imposed on Persons Identified by
the Secretary of State Pursuant to the Countering America's Adversaries
Through Sanctions Act
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 action to impose sanctions on persons
identified by the Secretary of State pursuant to the Countering
America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act. 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: 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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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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
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 May 20, 2020, 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.
Entities
1. GREAT TEHRAN PENITENTIARY (a.k.a. FASHAFOUYEH PRISON; a.k.a.
FASHAFOYE PRISON), Tehran Province, Iran; Additional Sanctions
Information--Subject to Secondary Sanctions [CAATSA--IRAN].
2. QARCHAK PRISON (a.k.a. GHARCHAK PRISON; a.k.a. QARCHAK
WOMEN'S PRISON; a.k.a. SHAHR-E REY PRISON; a.k.a. ``WOMEN'S
KAHRIZAK''), Varamin Highway, Tehran, Iran; Additional Sanctions
Information--Subject to Secondary Sanctions [CAATSA--IRAN].
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 Great Tehran Penitentiary and Qarchak Prison. These persons
have been added to OFAC's List of Specially Designated Nationals and
Blocked Persons and include the identifying tag ``CAATSA--IRAN.''
Dated: June 15, 2020.
Andrea M. Gacki,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of the
Treasury.
[FR Doc. 2020-13162 Filed 6-17-20; 8:45 am]
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