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OFAC Adds Two Iran Entities to SDN List

On December 13, 2011, the Office of Foreign Assets Control added two entities from Iran to its "Specially Designated Nationals" list due to human rights abuses. SDNs are (i) individuals and companies owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, targeted countries or (ii) individuals, groups, and entities, such as terrorists and narcotics traffickers designated under programs that are not country-specific. The assets of listed SDNs are blocked and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from dealing with them.

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The following two entities have been added to OFAC's SDN list:

  • ARAGHI, Abdollah (a.k.a. ARAQI, Abdollah; a.k.a. ARAQI, Abdullah; a.k.a. ERAGHI, Abdollah; a.k.a. ERAQI, Abdollah) (individual) [IRGC] [IRAN-HR]
  • FIROUZABADI, Hassan (a.k.a. AQAI-FIRUZABADI, Hassan; a.k.a. FIROOZABADI, Hassan; a.k.a. FIRUZABADI, Hasan) (individual) [IRAN-HR]

(Treasury Dept release on listing (12/13/11) available here. Subsequent Federal Register notice (12/29/11) available here.)