OFAC Final Rule Amends Sudan and Iran Regs for Consular Funds, Human Remains, Tombstones

The Office of Foreign Assets Control has issued a final rule, effective October 12, 2011, that amends the Sudanese Sanctions Regulations and the Iranian Transactions Regulations to authorize the processing of funds transfers for the operating expenses or other official business of third-country diplomatic or consular missions in Sudan or Iran, respectively. OFAC also is amending the Sudanese Sanctions Regulations and the Iranian Transactions Regulations to authorize the transportation of human remains to or from Sudan and Iran, respectively, for burial, cremation, or interment, as well as the importation into the U.S. for non-commercial purposes of finished tombstones or grave markers of Sudanese or Iranian origin.