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# 									Iran Sanctions							

The United States has imposed restrictions on activities with Iran under various legal authorities since 1979, following the seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran.

The Department of State’s Office of Economic Sanctions Policy and Implementation is responsible for enforcing and implementing a number of U.S. sanctions programs that restrict access to the United States for companies that engage in certain commercial activities in Iran.

-  Releases-  April 25, 2024  														Designating Facilitators and Financiers of Iran’s Illicit UAV Transfers																											 
-  April 25, 2024  														Treasury Targets Networks Facilitating Illicit Trade and UAV Transfers on Behalf of Iranian Military																													 
-  April 23, 2024  														Sanctioning Iranian Cyber Actors																											 
-  April 23, 2024  														Treasury Designates Iranian Cyber Actors Targeting U.S. Companies and Government Agencies																													 
-  April 18, 2024  														Treasury Targets Iranian UAV Program, Steel Industry, and Automobile Companies in Response to Unprecedented Attack on Israel																													 
-  April 18, 2024  														Targeting Iran’s UAV Program, Steel Industry, and Automobile Companies																											 
-  April 4, 2024  														Designating Financial Supporters of Iran’s Ministry of Defense  																											 
-  April 4, 2024  														Treasury Targets Network Facilitating Shipments Valued in Hundreds of Millions for Iranian Military																													 
-  March 15, 2024  														Targeting Entity and Vessel Shipping Commodities for Qods Force and Houthi-Affiliated Network																											 
-  March 15, 2024  														Treasury Targets Vessel Shipping Iranian Commodities for Houthis and Qods Force																													 
-  March 12, 2024  														Taking Coordinated Actions with Bahrain against Supporters of Al-Ashtar Brigades																											 
-  March 12, 2024  														U.S. Targets Al-Ashtar Brigades Operatives																													 
-  February 27, 2024  														Targeting Qods Force Deputy Commander and Houthi-Affiliated Supporters																											 
-  														Treasury Targets Vessel Shipping Iranian Commodities Valued at over $100 Million for Iran’s Ministry of Defense																													 
-  														Treasury and the United Kingdom Target Qods Force Deputy Commander and Houthi-Affiliated Supporters																													 
-  February 14, 2024  														Designating Persons Tied to Network Smuggling U.S. Technology to Central Bank of Iran																											 
-  February 14, 2024  														Treasury Sanctions Network Smuggling U.S. Technology to Central Bank of Iran																													 
-  January 29, 2024  														Taking Actions to Combat the Iranian Regime’s Transnational Repression																											 
-  January 29, 2024  														The United States and United Kingdom Target Iranian Transnational Assassinations Network																													 
-  September 18, 2023  														Designating Iranian Persons Connected to Wrongful Detentions																											 
-  September 18, 2023  														Treasury Designates Former President of Iran																													 
-  September 15, 2023  														United States Imposes Sanctions on the Anniversary of Mahsa “Zhina” Amini’s Death																											 
-  September 15, 2023  														Treasury Sanctions Iranian Officials and Companies Connected to Repression in Advance of the Anniversary of Mahsa “Zhina” Amini’s Death																													 
-  June 2, 2023  														Designation of Arvan Cloud and Affiliates That Have Aided Internet Censorship in Iran																											 
-  June 2, 2023  														Treasury Sanctions Iranian Company Aiding in Internet Censorship																													 
-  June 1, 2023  														Sanctioning Operatives Involved in Iranian External Plots																											 
-  June 1, 2023  														Treasury Designates Iranian Regime Operatives Involved in Assassination Plots in the United States and Abroad																													 
-  April 27, 2023  														Sanctioning Russian Federation and Iranian State Actors Responsible for the Wrongful Detention of U.S. Nationals																											 
-  April 27, 2023  														Treasury Sanctions Officials of Iranian Intelligence Agency Responsible for Detention of U.S. Nationals in Iran																													 
-  April 24, 2023  														Designating Iranian Officials in Connection with Serious Human Rights Abuses Or Censorship in Iran																											 
-  April 24, 2023  														Treasury Sanctions Senior Iranian Officials Overseeing Violent Protest Suppression and Censorship																													 
-  March 9, 2023  														Designating Iran Sanctions Evasion Networks																											 
-  March 9, 2023  														Treasury Targets Sanctions Evasion Network Moving Billions for Iranian Regime																													 
-  March 8, 2023  														Marking International Women’s Day, Treasury Sanctions Iranian Officials and Entities for Serious Human Rights Abuses																													 
-  March 8, 2023  														Sanctioning Those Connected to Human Rights Abuses in Iran																											 
-  February 9, 2023  														Treasury Sanctions Companies Involved in Production, Sale, and Shipment of Iranian Petrochemicals and Petroleum																													 
-  February 9, 2023  														Designating Entities Involved in the Iranian Petrochemical and Petroleum Products Trade																											 
-  January 23, 2023  														Treasury Sanctions the IRGC Cooperative Foundation and Senior Iranian Officials Connected to Protest Suppression																													 
-  December 21, 2022  														Sanctioning Iranian Officials Connected to Serious Human Rights Abuses																											 
-  December 21, 2022  														Treasury Sanctions Iranian Regime Officials Tied to Continued Violence Against Protestors																													 
-  December 9, 2022  														Combating Global Corruption and Human Rights Abuses																											 
-  December 9, 2022  														Treasury Sanctions Over 40 Individuals and Entities Across Nine Countries Connected to Corruption and Human Rights Abuse																													 
-  December 8, 2022  														Designating a Network of Iranian Oil Sanctions Evaders																											 
-  December 8, 2022  														Treasury Targets Sanctions Evasion Network Generating Hundreds of Millions of Dollars for Qods Force Oil Sales																													 
-  November 23, 2022  														Designating Iranian Officials Connected to Serious Human Rights Abuses in Iran’s Kurdistan and West Azerbaijan Provinces																											 
-  November 23, 2022  														Treasury Sanctions Iranian Officials Connected to the Continued Protest Crackdown																													 
-  														Designating Sanctions Evaders Involved in Iranian Petrochemical and Petroleum Trade																											 
-  														Treasury Targets Network Supporting Iranian Petrochemical and Petroleum Sales																													 
-  November 16, 2022  														Sanctioning Senior Officials of Iranian Broadcaster																											 
-  November 16, 2022  														Treasury Sanctions Senior Officials and “Interrogator Journalists” of Iran’s State-Run Media																													 
-  November 15, 2022  														Imposing Sanctions on Entities and Individuals in Response to Iran’s Transfer of Military UAVs to Russia																											 
-  November 15, 2022  														Treasury Targets Actors Involved in Production and Transfer of Iranian Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to Russia for Use in Ukraine																													 
-  November 3, 2022  														Designation of Sanctions Evasion Network																											 
-  November 3, 2022  														Treasury Sanctions Oil Shipping Network Supporting IRGC-QF and Hizballah																													 
-  October 28, 2022  														Sanctioning the Iranian Entity Responsible for a Bounty on Salman Rushdie																											 
-  October 28, 2022  														Treasury Sanctions Iranian Foundation Behind Bounty on Salman Rushdie																													 
-  October 26, 2022  														Treasury Sanctions Iranian Officials and Entities Responsible for Ongoing Crackdown on Protests and Internet Censorship																													 
-  October 26, 2022  														Designation of Iranian Officials and Entities Connected to Ongoing Protest Repression, Censorship, and Prison Abuses																											 
-  October 6, 2022  														Sanctioning Iranian Leaders Responsible for Human Rights Abuses or Censorship																											 
-  October 6, 2022  														Treasury Sanctions Iranian Leaders Responsible for Internet Shutdown and Violent Crackdown on Peaceful Protests																													 
-  September 29, 2022  														Treasury Targets Financial and Shipping Facilitators of Iranian Petrochemicals and Petroleum Sales																													 
-  September 29, 2022  														Designating Iran Petroleum and Petrochemical Sanctions Evaders																											 
-  September 22, 2022  														Designating Iran’s Morality Police and Seven Officials for Human Rights Abuses in Iran																											 
-  September 22, 2022  														Treasury Sanctions Iran’s Morality Police and Senior Security Officials for Violence Against Protesters and the Death of Mahsa Amini																													 
-  September 8, 2022  														Treasury Sanctions Iranian Persons Involved in Production of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Weapon Shipment to Russia																													 
-  September 8, 2022  														Designating Iranian Proliferators of Shipping Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Technology to Russia for Use in Ukraine																											 
-  September 9, 2022  														Treasury Sanctions Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Minister for Malign Cyber Activities																													 
-  September 9, 2022  														Sanctioning Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security for Malign Cyber Activities																											 
-  August 1, 2022  														Treasury Targets Companies Supporting Iranian Petrochemical Conglomerate																													 
-  August 1, 2022  														Designation of Entities Supporting Trade of Iranian Petroleum and Petrochemical Products																											 
-  July 6, 2022  														Targeting Iran’s International Petroleum Trade																											 
-  July 6, 2022  														Treasury Targets Iranian Oil and Petrochemical Trade Network																													 
-  June 16, 2022  														Treasury Targets International Sanctions Evasion Network Supporting Iranian Petrochemical Sales																													 
-  June 16, 2022  														Targeting a Sanctions Evasion Network Supporting Iranian Petrochemical Sales																											 
-  May 25, 2022  														Targeting an Oil Smuggling Network Supporting the IRGC-QF and Hizballah																											 
-  May 25, 2022  														Treasury Targets Oil Smuggling Network Generating Hundreds of Millions of Dollars for Qods Force and Hizballah																													 
-  December 7, 2021  														Targeting Repression and Supporting Democracy																											 
-  December 7, 2021  														Treasury Targets Repression and the Undermining of Democracy																													 
-  October 29, 2021  														Designation of Six Targets Involved in Iran’s Destabilizing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Activities																											 
-  October 29, 2021  														Treasury Sanctions Network and Individuals in Connection with Iran’s Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Program																													 
-  September 17, 2021  														The United States Imposes Sanctions on International Networks Supporting Terrorism																											 
-  September 17, 2021  														Treasury Sanctions International Financial Networks Supporting Terrorism																													 
-  September 3, 2021  														Sanctioning Iranian Intelligence Affiliates for Targeting Dissidents Abroad																											 
-  September 3, 2021  														Treasury Sanctions Iranian Intelligence Network Targeting Iranian-American Activist in the United States																													 
-  August 13, 2021  														The United States Designates an Oil Broker Network Supporting Qods Force																											 
-  August 13, 2021  														Treasury Targets Oil Broker Network Supporting Qods Force																													 
-  														Treasury Department Resource Center																													 
-  														Office of Foreign Assets Control FAQs: Iran Sanctions																													 
-  														Archive: Find releases prior to January 20, 2021																											 
 
-  Executive Orders-  June 24, 2019  														Executive Order Imposing Sanctions With Respect to Iran 																													 
-  August 6, 2018  														Executive Order 13846; Reimposing Certain Sanctions With Respect to Iran 																													 
-  January 16, 2016  														Executive Order 13716; Revocation of Executive Orders 13574, 13590, 13622, and 13645 With Respect to Iran, Amendment of Executive Order 13628 With Respect to Iran 																													 
-  June 3, 2013  														Executive Order 13645; Authorizing the Implementation of Certain Sanctions Set Forth in the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 and Additional Sanctions With Respect to Iran																													 
-  October 9, 2012  														Executive Order 13628; Authorizing the Implementation of Certain Sanctions Set Forth in the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 and Additional Sanctions With Respect to Iran																													 
-  July 30, 2012  														Executive Order 13622; Authorizing Additional Sanctions with Respect to Iran 																													 
-  May 1, 2012  														Executive Order 13608; Prohibiting Certain Transactions With and Suspending Entry Into the United States of Foreign Sanctions Evaders With Respect to Iran and Syria																													 
-  April 23, 2012  														Executive Order 13606; Blocking the Property and Suspending Entry into the United States of Certain Persons with Respect to Grave Human Rights Abuses by the Governments of Iran and Syria via Information Technology																													 
-  November 23, 2011  														Executive Order 13590; Authorizing the Imposition of Certain Sanctions With Respect to the Provision of Goods, Services, Technology, or Support for Iran's Energy and Petrochemical Sectors 																													 
-  March 17, 1995  														Executive Order 12957; Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to the Development of Iranian Petroleum Resources 																													 
 
-  Statutes-  														2013 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Bill: Subtitle D - Iran Sanctions																											 
-  														The Iran Sanctions Act of 1996, as amended (ISA)																													 
-  														The Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (CISADA)																													 
-  														Section 1245 of the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)																													 
-  														Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (ITRSHRA)																													 
 
-  United Nations Security Council Resolutions-  														UNSCR 1929 (2010)																											 
-  														UNSCR 1803 (2008)																											 
-  														UNSCR 1747 (2007)																											 
-  														UNSCR 1737 (2006)																											 
 

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