U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON : 

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29–011 2012

112th Congress, 2d Session – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 112–147 

CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY 

WITH RESPECT TO IRAN AND SYRIA 

COMMUNICATION 

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRANSMITTING

NOTIFICATION 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 

OCTOBER 9, 2012.—Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 

ordered to be printed 


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THE WHITE HOUSE, 

Washington, October 9, 2012. 

The Hon. JOHN BOEHNER, 

Speaker of the House of Representatives, 

Washington, DC. 

DEAR MR. SPEAKER: Pursuant to the International Emergency 

Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), I hereby report that I have issued an Executive Order (the ‘‘order’’) that takes 

additional steps with respect to the national emergency declared in 

Executive Order 12957 of March 15, 1995, and implements the 

statutory requirements of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria 

Human Rights Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–158) (ITRSHRA), 

which amends the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172) 

(50 U.S.C. 1701 note) (ISA), and the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (Public Law 111– 

195) (22 U.S.C. 8501 et seq.) (CISADA). 

In Executive Order 12957, the President found that the actions 

and policies of the Government of Iran threaten the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States. To deal with 

that threat, the President in Executive Order 12957 declared a national emergency and imposed prohibitions on certain transactions 

with respect to the development of Iranian petroleum resources. To 

further respond to that threat, Executive Order 12959 of May 6, 

1995, imposed comprehensive trade and financial sanctions on 

Iran. Executive Order 13059 of August 19, 1997, consolidated and 

clarified the previous orders. To take additional steps with respect 

to the national emergency declared in Executive Order 12957 and 

to implement section 105(a) of CISADA, I issued Executive Order 

13553 on September 28, 2010, to impose sanctions on officials of 

the Government of Iran and other persons acting on behalf of the 

Government of Iran determined to be responsible for or complicit 

in certain serious human rights abuses. 

To take additional steps with respect to the threat posed by Iran 

and to provide implementing authority for a number of the sanctions set forth in ISA, as amended by CISADA, I issued Executive 

Order 13574 on May 23, 2011, to authorize the Secretary of the 

Treasury to implement certain sanctions imposed by the Secretary 

of State pursuant to ISA, as amended by CISADA. 

I also issued Executive Order 13590 on November 20, 2011, to 

take additional steps with respect to this emergency by authorizing 

the Secretary of State to impose sanctions on persons providing 

certain goods, services, technology, or support that contribute either to Iran’s development of petroleum resources or to Iran’s production of petrochemicals, and to authorize the Secretary of the 

Treasury to implement some of those sanctions. On February 5, 

2012, in order to take additional steps pursuant to this emergency, 

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ization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81), I issued Executive Order 13599 blocking the property of the Government of 

Iran, all Iranian financial institutions, and persons determined to 

be owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, such parties. On April 22, 2012, and May 1, 2012, I issued Executive Orders 

13606 and 13608, respectively. Executive Orders 13606 and 13608 

each take additional steps with respect to various emergencies, including the emergency declared in Executive Order 12957 concerning Iran, to address the use of computer and information technology to commit serious human rights abuses and efforts by foreign persons to evade sanctions. 

To take additional steps with respect to the national emergency 

declared in Executive Order 12957, I issued Executive Order 13622 

of July 30, 2012, imposing sanctions on persons as described in 

that order, particularly in light of the Government of Iran’s use of 

revenues from petroleum, petroleum products, and petrochemicals 

for illicit purposes; Iran’s continued attempts to evade international 

sanctions through deceptive practices; and the unacceptable risk 

posed to the international financial system by Iran’s activities. 

In ITRSHRA, which I signed into law on August 10, 2012, the 

Congress enhanced sanctions on Iran and Syria, focusing on the energy and financial sectors, as well as activity connected with the 

proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and human rights abuses in Iran and Syria. 

The order is intended to implement certain statutory requirements of ITRSHRA, including its amendments to the statutory requirements of ISA and CISADA, as described below. 

Section 1 of the order is intended to implement sanctions pursuant to ISA, CISADA, or ITRSHRA. Certain ISA sanctions require 

action by the private sector, and the order will further the implementation of those ISA sanctions by providing authority under 

IEEPA to the Secretary of the Treasury to take certain actions 

with respect to those sanctions. The order states that the Secretary 

of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall 

take the following actions necessary to implement the sanctions selected, imposed, and maintained on a person by the President, or 

by the Secretary of State or the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant 

to authority that I have delegated: 

• with respect to section 6(a)(3) of ISA, prohibit any United 

States financial institution from making loans or providing 

credits to the sanctioned person consistent with that section; 

• with respect to section 6(a)(6) of ISA, prohibit any transactions in foreign exchange that are subject to the jurisdiction 

of the United States and in which the sanctioned person has 

any interest; 

• with respect to section 6(a)(7) of ISA, prohibit any transfers of credit or payments between financial institutions or by, 

through, or to any financial institution, to the extent that such 

transfers or payments are subject to the jurisdiction of the 

United States and involve any interest of the sanctioned person; 

• with respect to section 6(a)(8) of ISA, block 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 


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possession or control of any United States person, including 

any foreign branch, of the sanctioned person, and provide that 

such property and interests in property may not be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in; • with respect to section 6(a)(9) of ISA, prohibit any United 

States person from investing in or purchasing significant 

amounts of equity or debt instruments of a sanctioned person; • with respect to section 6(a)(11) of ISA, impose on the principal executive officer or officers, or persons performing similar 

functions and with similar authorities, of a sanctioned person 

the sanctions described in sections 6(a)(3), 6(a)(6), (6)(a)(7), 

6(a)(8), 6(a)(9), or 6(a)(12) of ISA, as selected by the President, 

Secretary of State, or Secretary of the Treasury, as appropriate; or • with respect to section 6(a)(12) of ISA, restrict or prohibit 

imports of goods, technology, or services, directly or indirectly, 

into the United States from the sanctioned person. 

Sections 2 and 10 of the order are intended to implement the 

statutory requirements of CISADA, as amended by section 402 of 

ITRSHRA, which block the property or interests in property and 

suspend entry into the United States of persons determined by the 

Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with or at the recommendation of the Secretary of State, to: • have knowingly, on or after August 10, 2012, transferred, 

or facilitated the transfer of, goods or technologies to Iran, any 

entity organized under the laws of Iran or otherwise subject to 

the jurisdiction of the Government of Iran, or any national of 

Iran, for use in or with respect to Iran, that are likely to be 

used by the Government of Iran or any of its agencies or instrumentalities, or by any other person on behalf of the Government of Iran or any of such agencies or instrumentalities, 

to commit serious human rights abuses against the people of 

Iran; • have knowingly, on or after August 10, 2012, provided 

services, including services relating to hardware, software, or 

specialized information or professional consulting, engineering, 

or support services, with respect to goods or technologies that 

have been transferred to Iran and that are likely to be used 

by the Government of Iran or any of its agencies or instrumentalities, or by any other person on behalf of the Government 

of Iran or any of such agencies or instrumentalities, to commit 

serious human rights abuses against the people of Iran; 

• have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, 

material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or 

in support of, the activities described above, or any person 

whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant 

to these provisions; or 

• be owned or controlled by, or to have acted or purported 

to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any person 

whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant 

to these provisions. 

Sections 3 and 10 of the order are intended to implement the 

statutory requirements of CISADA, as amended by section 403 of 

ITRSHRA, which block the property or interests in property and 


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suspend entry into the United States of persons determined by the 

Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with or at the recommendation of the Secretary of State, to: 

• have engaged in censorship or other activities with respect 

to Iran on or after June 12, 2009, that prohibit, limit, or penalize the exercise of freedom of expression or assembly by citizens of Iran; or that limit access to print or broadcast media, 

including the facilitation or support of intentional frequency 

manipulation by the Government of Iran or an entity owned or 

controlled by the Government of Iran that would jam or restrict an international signal; 

• have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, 

material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or 

in support of, the activities described above or any person 

whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant 

to these provisions; or 

• be owned or controlled by, or to have acted or purported 

to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any person 

whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant 

to these provisions. 

Section 4 of the order is intended to meet the statutory deadline 

set forth in section 218 of ITRSHRA, which requires that the President prohibit certain transactions not later than October 9, 2012. 

This section prohibits entities owned or controlled by a United 

States person and established or maintained outside the United 

States from knowingly engaging in any transaction, directly or indirectly, with the Government of Iran or any person subject to the 

jurisdiction of the Government of Iran, if that transaction would be 

prohibited by certain Executive Orders prohibiting trade with Iran 

and blocking the Government of Iran and Iranian financial institutions, or any regulation issued pursuant to the foregoing, if the 

transaction were engaged in by a United States person or in the 

United States. 

Sections 5, 6, and 7 of the order authorize the Secretary of State 

to impose, and the Secretary of the Treasury and other agencies to 

implement, certain sanctions in sections 5(a) and 6 of ISA that 

were enacted by CISADA, for activity occurring between July 1, 

2010, and August 10, 2012. Section 201 of ITRSHRA amended the 

effective date of those ISA sanctions to August 10, 2012, and does 

not appear to otherwise preserve the applicability of certain provisions for activity occurring between the enactment dates of 

CISADA and ITRSHRA. The purpose of these sections is to continue the authority of the Secretary of State to impose, and other 

agencies to implement, these ISA sanctions for activity that occurred during this time period. 

I have delegated to the Secretary of State and the Secretary of 

the Treasury, as described in the order, the authority to take such 

actions, including the promulgation of rules and regulations, and to 

employ all powers granted to the President by IEEPA and the relevant provisions of ISA, CISADA, and ITRSHRA and to employ all 

powers granted to the United States Government by the relevant 

provisions of ISA and CISADA as may be necessary to carry out 

the purposes of the order. 


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All agencies of the United States Government are directed to 

take all appropriate measures within their authority to carry out 

the provisions of the order. 

A copy of the order is enclosed. 

Sincerely, 

BARACK OBAMA. 


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EXECUTIVE ORDER

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

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution 

and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) 

(IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), 

the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172) (50 U.S.C. 

1701 note), as amended (ISA), the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, 

Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–195) 

(22 U.S.C. 8501 et seq.), as amended (CISADA), the Iran Threat 

Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (Public Law 112– 

158) (ITRSHRA), section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality 

Act of 1952, as amended (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)), and section 301 of title 

3, United States Code, and in order to take additional steps with 

respect to the national emergency declared in Executive Order 

12957 of March 15, 1995, 

I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, 

hereby order: 

Section 1. (a) When the President, or the Secretary of State or 

the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to authority delegated by 

the President and in accordance with the terms of such delegation, 

has determined that sanctions shall be imposed on a person pursuant to ISA, CISADA, or ITRSHRA and has, in accordance with 

those authorities, selected one or more of the sanctions set forth in 

section 6 of ISA to impose on that person, the Secretary of the 

Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall take 

the following actions with respect to the sanctions selected and 

maintained by the President, the Secretary of State, or the Secretary of the Treasury: 

(i) with respect to section 6(a)(3) of ISA, prohibit any United 

States financial institution from making loans or providing 

credits to the sanctioned person consistent with that section; 

(ii) with respect to section 6(a)(6) of ISA, prohibit any transactions in foreign exchange that are subject to the jurisdiction 

of the United States and in which the sanctioned person has 

any interest; 

(iii) with respect to section 6(a)(7) of ISA, prohibit any transfers of credit or payments between financial institutions or by, 

through, or to any financial institution, to the extent that such 

transfers or payments are subject to the jurisdiction of the 

United States and involve any interest of the sanctioned person; 


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(iv) with respect to section 6(a)(8) of ISA, block 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 foreign branch, of the sanctioned person, and provide that 

such property and interests in property may not be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in; 

(v) with respect to section 6(a)(9) of ISA, prohibit any United 

States person from investing in or purchasing significant 

amounts of equity or debt instruments of a sanctioned person; 

(vi) with respect to section 6(a)(11) of ISA, impose on the 

principal executive officer or officers, or persons performing 

similar functions and with similar authorities, of a sanctioned 

person the sanctions described in sections 6(a)(3), 6(a)(6), 

(6)(a)(7), 6(a)(8), 6(a)(9), or 6(a)(12) of ISA, as selected by the 

President, Secretary of State, or Secretary of the Treasury, as 

appropriate; or 

(vii) with respect to section 6(a)(12) of ISA, restrict or prohibit imports of goods, technology, or services, directly or indirectly, into the United States from the sanctioned person. 

(b) The prohibitions in subsection (a) of this section apply except 

to the extent provided by statutes, or in regulations, orders, directives, or licenses that may be issued pursuant to this order, and 

notwithstanding any contract entered into or any license or permit 

granted prior to the date of this order. 

Sec. 2. (a) All property and interests in property that are in the 

United States, that hereafter come within the United States, or 

that are or hereafter come within the possession or control of any 

United States person, including any foreign branch, of the following 

persons are blocked and may not be transferred, paid, exported, 

withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in: any person determined by the 

Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with or at the recommendation of the Secretary of State: 

(i) to have knowingly, on or after August 10, 2012, transferred, or facilitated the transfer of, goods or technologies to 

Iran, any entity organized under the laws of Iran or otherwise 

subject to the jurisdiction of the Government of Iran, or any 

national of Iran, for use in or with respect to Iran, that are 

likely to be used by the Government of Iran or any of its agencies or instrumentalities, or by any other person on behalf of 

the Government of Iran or any of such agencies or instrumentalities, to commit serious human rights abuses against the 

people of Iran; 

(ii) to have knowingly, on or after August 10, 2012, provided 

services, including services relating to hardware, software, or 

specialized information or professional consulting, engineering, 

or support services, with respect to goods or technologies that 

have been transferred to Iran and that are likely to be used 

by the Government of Iran or any of its agencies or instrumentalities, or by any other person on behalf of the Government 

of Iran or any of such agencies or instrumentalities, to commit 

serious human rights abuses against the people of Iran; 

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to or in support of, the activities described in subsection (a)(i) 

or (a)(ii) of this section or any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this section; or 

(iv) to be owned or controlled by, or to have acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this section. 

(b) The prohibitions in subsection (a) of this section apply except 

to the extent provided by statutes, or in regulations, orders, directives, or licenses that may be issued pursuant to this order, and 

notwithstanding any contract entered into or any license or permit 

granted prior to the date of this order. 

Sec. 3. (a) All property and interests in property that are in the 

United States, that hereafter come within the United States, or 

that are or hereafter come within the possession or control of any 

United States person, including any foreign branch, of the following 

persons are blocked and may not be transferred, paid, exported, 

withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in: any person determined by the 

Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with or at the recommendation of the Secretary of State: 

(i) to have engaged in censorship or other activities with respect to Iran on or after June 12, 2009, that prohibit, limit, or 

penalize the exercise of freedom of expression or assembly by 

citizens of Iran, or that limit access to print or broadcast 

media, including the facilitation or support of intentional frequency manipulation by the Government of Iran or an entity 

owned or controlled by the Government of Iran that would jam 

or restrict an international signal; 

(ii) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services 

to or in support of, the activities described in subsection (a)(i) 

of this section or any person whose property and interests in 

property are blocked pursuant to this section; or 

(iii) to be owned or controlled by, or to have acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this section. 

(b) The prohibitions in subsection (a) of this section apply except 

to the extent provided by statutes, or in regulations, orders, directives, or licenses that may be issued pursuant to this order, and 

notwithstanding any contract entered into or any license or permit 

granted prior to the date of this order. 

Sec. 4. (a) No entity owned or controlled by a United States person and established or maintained outside the United States may 

knowingly engage in any transaction, directly or indirectly, with 

the Government of Iran or any person subject to the jurisdiction of 

the Government of Iran, if that transaction would be prohibited by 

Executive Order 12957, Executive Order 12959 of May 6, 1995, Executive Order 13059 of August 19, 1997, Executive Order 13599 of 

February 5, 2012, section 5 of Executive Order 13622 of July 30, 

2012, or section 12 of this order, or any regulation issued pursuant 

to the foregoing, if the transaction were engaged in by a United 

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(b) Penalties assessed for violations of the prohibition in subsection (a) of this section, and any related violations of section 12 

of this order, may be assessed against the United States person 

that owns or controls the entity that engaged in the prohibited 

transaction. 

(c) Penalties for violations of the prohibition in subsection (a) of 

this section shall not apply if the United States person that owns 

or controls the entity divests or terminates its business with the 

entity not later than February 6, 2013. 

(d) The prohibitions in subsection (a) of this section apply except 

to the extent provided by statutes, or in regulations, orders, directives, or licenses that may be issued pursuant to this order, and 

notwithstanding any contract entered into or any license or permit 

granted prior to the date of this order. 

Sec. 5. The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary 

of the Treasury, the Secretary of Commerce, and the United States 

Trade Representative, and with the President of the Export-Import 

Bank of the United States, the Chairman of the Board of Governors 

of the Federal Reserve System, and other agencies and officials as 

appropriate, is hereby authorized to impose on a person any of the 

sanctions described in section 6 or 7 of this order upon determining 

that the person: 

(a) knowingly, between July 1, 2010, and August 10, 2012, sold, 

leased, or provided to Iran goods, services, technology, information, 

or support with a fair market value of $1,000,000 or more, or with 

an aggregate fair market value of $5,000,000 or more during a 12- 

month period, and that could directly and significantly facilitate 

the maintenance or expansion of Iran’s domestic production of refined petroleum products, including any direct and significant assistance with respect to the construction, modernization, or repair 

of petroleum refineries; 

(b) knowingly, between July 1, 2010, and August 10, 2012, sold 

or provided to Iran refined petroleum products with a fair market 

value of $1,000,000 or more, or with an aggregate fair market 

value of $5,000,000 or more during a 12-month period; 

(c) knowingly, between July 1, 2010, and August 10, 2012, sold, 

leased, or provided to Iran goods, services, technology, information, 

or support with a fair market value of $1,000,000 or more, or with 

an aggregate fair market value of $5,000,000 or more during a 12- 

month period, and that could directly and significantly contribute 

to the enhancement of Iran’s ability to import refined petroleum 

products; 

(d) is a successor entity to a person determined by the Secretary 

of State in accordance with this section to meet the criteria in subsection (a), (b), or (c) of this section; 

(e) owns or controls a person determined by the Secretary of 

State in accordance with this section to meet the criteria in subsection (a), (b), or (c) of this section, and had knowledge that the 

person engaged in the activities referred to in that subsection; or 

(f) is owned or controlled by, or under common ownership or control with, a person determined by the Secretary of State in accordance with this section to meet the criteria in subsection (a), (b), or 

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Sec. 6. (a) When the Secretary of State, in accordance with the 

terms of section 5 of this order, has determined that a Person 

meets any of the criteria described in section 5 and has selected 

any of the sanctions set forth below to impose on that person, the 

heads of relevant agencies, in consultation with the Secretary of 

State, shall take the following actions where necessary to implement the sanctions imposed by the Secretary of State: 

(i) the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank shall 

deny approval of the issuance of any guarantee, insurance, extension of credit, or participation in an extension of credit in 

connection with the export of any goods or services to the sanctioned person; 

(ii) agencies shall not issue any specific license or grant any 

other specific permission or authority under any statute that 

requires the prior review and approval of the United States 

Government as a condition for the export or reexport of goods 

or technology to the sanctioned person; 

(iii) with respect to a sanctioned person that is a financial institution: 

(1) the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York shall take such actions as they 

deem appropriate, including denying designation, or terminating the continuation of any prior designation of, the 

sanctioned person as a primary dealer in United States 

Government debt instruments; or 

(2) agencies shall prevent the sanctioned person from 

serving as an agent of the United States Government or 

serving as a repository for United States Government 

funds; or 

(iv) agencies shall not procure, or enter into a contract for 

the procurement of, any goods or services from the sanctioned 

person. 

(b) The prohibitions in subsections (a)(i)–(a)(iv) of this section 

apply except to the extent provided by statutes, or in regulations, 

orders, directives, or licenses that may be issued pursuant to this 

order, and notwithstanding any contract entered into or any license 

or permit granted prior to the date of this order. 

Sec. 7. (a) When the Secretary of State, in accordance with the 

terms of section 5 of this order, has determined that a person 

meets any of the criteria described in section 5 and has selected 

any of the sanctions set forth below to impose on that person, the 

Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of 

State, shall take the following actions where necessary to implement the sanctions imposed by the Secretary of State: 

(i) prohibit any United States financial institution from making loans or providing credits to the sanctioned person totaling 

more than $10,000,000 in any 12-month period, unless such 

person is engaged in activities to relieve human suffering and 

the loans or credits are provided for such activities; 

(ii) prohibit any transactions in foreign exchange that are 

subject to the jurisdiction of the United States and in which 

the sanctioned person has any interest; 


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(iii) prohibit any transfers of credit or payments between financial institutions or by, through, or to any financial institution, to the extent that such transfers or payments are subject 

to the jurisdiction of the United States and involve any interest 

of the sanctioned person; 

(iv) block 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 foreign branch, of the sanctioned 

person, and provide that such property and interests in property may not be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in; or 

(v) restrict or prohibit imports of goods, technology, or services, directly or indirectly, into the United States from the 

sanctioned person. 

(b) The prohibitions in subsections (a)(i)–(a)(v) of this section 

apply except to the extent provided by statutes, or in regulations, 

orders, directives, or licenses that may be issued pursuant to this 

order, and notwithstanding any contract entered into or any license 

or permit granted prior to the date of this order. 

Sec. 8. I hereby determine that, to the extent that section 

203(b)(2) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(2)) may apply, the making 

of donations of the types of articles specified in such section by, to, 

or for the benefit of any person whose property and interests in 

property are blocked pursuant to this order would seriously impair 

my ability to deal with the national emergency declared in Executive Order 12957, and I hereby prohibit such donations as provided 

by subsections 1(a)(iv), 2(a), 3(a), and 7(a)(iv) of this order. 

Sec. 9. The prohibitions in subsections 1(a)(iv), 2(a), 3(a), and 

7(a)(iv) of this order include but are not limited to: 

(a) the making of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, 

or services by, to, or for the benefit of any person whose property 

and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order; and 

(b) the receipt of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, 

or services from any such person. 

Sec. 10. I hereby find that the unrestricted immigrant and nonimmigrant entry into the United States of aliens who meet one or 

more of the criteria in subsections 2(a) and 3(a) of this order would 

be detrimental to the interests of the United States, and I hereby 

suspend the entry into the United States, as immigrants or nonimmigrants, of such persons. Such persons shall be treated as persons covered by section 1 of Proclamation 8693 of July 24, 2011 

(Suspension of Entry of Aliens Subject to United Nations Security 

Council Travel Bans and International Emergency Economic Powers Act Sanctions). 

Sec. 11. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the 

Secretary of State, is hereby authorized to take such actions, including the promulgation of rules and regulations, and to employ 

all powers granted to the President by IEEPA and sections 6(a)(6), 

6(a)(7), 6(a)(8), 6(a)(9), 6(a)(11), and 6(a)(12) of ISA, and to employ 

all powers granted to the United States Government by section 

6(a)(3) of ISA, as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this 

order. The Secretary of the Treasury may redelegate any of these 


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functions to other officers and agencies of the United States Government consistent with applicable law. 

Sec. 12. (a) Any transaction that evades or avoids, has the purpose of evading or avoiding, causes a violation of, or attempts to 

violate any of the prohibitions set forth in this order or in Executive Order 12957, Executive Order 12959, Executive Order 13059, 

or Executive Order 13599 is prohibited. 

(b) Any conspiracy formed to violate any of the prohibitions set 

forth in this order or in Executive Order 12957, Executive Order 

12959, Executive Order 13059, or Executive Order 13599 is prohibited. 

Sec. 13. For the purposes of this order: 

(a) the term ‘‘entity’’ means a partnership, association, trust, 

joint venture, corporation, group, subgroup, or other organization; 

(b) the term ‘‘Government of Iran’’ includes the Government of 

Iran, any political subdivision, agency, or instrumentality thereof, 

including the Central Bank of Iran, and any person owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, the Government of Iran; 

(c) the term ‘‘Iran’’ means the Government of Iran and the territory of Iran and any other territory or marine area, including the 

exclusive economic zone and continental shelf, over which the Government of Iran claims sovereignty, sovereign rights, or jurisdiction, provided that the Government of Iran exercises partial or 

total de facto control over the area or derives a benefit from economic activity in the area pursuant to international arrangements; 

(d) the terms ‘‘knowledge’’ and ‘‘knowingly,’’ with respect to conduct, a circumstance, or a result, mean that a person has actual 

knowledge, or should have known, of the conduct, the circumstance, or the result; 

(e) the term ‘‘person’’ means an individual or entity; 

(f) the term ‘‘sanctioned person’’ means a person that the President, or the Secretary of State or the Secretary of the Treasury 

pursuant to authority delegated by the President and in accordance 

with the terms of such delegation, has determined is a person on 

whom sanctions shall be imposed pursuant to IEEPA, ISA, 

CISADA, or ITRSHRA, and on whom the President, the Secretary 

of State, or the Secretary of the Treasury has imposed any of the 

sanctions in section 6 of ISA; 

(g) for the purposes of section 4 of this order, the term ‘‘subject 

to the jurisdiction of the Government of Iran’’ means a person organized under the laws of Iran or any jurisdiction within Iran, ordinarily resident in Iran, or in Iran, or owned or controlled by any 

of the foregoing; 

(h) the term ‘‘United States financial institution’’ means a financial institution (including its foreign branches) organized under the 

laws of the United States or any jurisdiction within the United 

States or located in the United States; and 

(i) the term ‘‘United States person’’ means any United States citizen, permanent resident alien, entity organized under the laws of 

the United States or any jurisdiction within the United States (including foreign branches), or any person in the United States. 

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ity to transfer funds or other assets instantaneously, prior notice 

to such persons of measures to be taken pursuant to this order 

would render those measures ineffectual. I therefore determine 

that for these measures to be effective in addressing the national 

emergency declared in Executive Order 12957, there need be no 

prior notice of an action taken pursuant to subsections 1(a)(iv), 

2(a), 3(a), and 7(a)(iv) of this order. 

Sec. 15. Executive Order 13622 is hereby amended as follows: 

(a) Subsection 1(c)(ii) is amended by deleting the words ‘‘with respect to the country with primary jurisdiction over the foreign financial institution.’’ 

(b) Subsection 2(b)(ii) is amended by deleting the words ‘‘with respect to the country with primary jurisdiction over the person.’’ 

(c) Subsection 1(d) is amended by inserting the words ‘‘agricultural commodities,’’ after the words ‘‘sale of.’’ 

Sec. 16. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the 

Secretary of State, is hereby authorized to take such actions, including the promulgation of rules and regulations, and to employ 

all powers granted to the President by IEEPA, as may be necessary 

to carry out section 104A of CISADA (22 U.S.C. 8514). The Secretary of the Treasury may redelegate any of these functions to 

other officers and agencies of the United States Government consistent with applicable law. 

Sec. 17. All agencies of the United States Government are hereby 

directed to take all appropriate measures within their authority to 

carry out the provisions of this order. 

Sec. 18. This order is not intended to, and does not, create any 

right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in 

equity by any party against the United States, its departments, 

agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other 

person. 

Sec. 19. The measures taken pursuant to this order are in response to actions of the Government of Iran occurring after the 

conclusion of the 1981 Algiers Accords, and are intended solely as 

a response to those later actions. 

BARACK OBAMA. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, October 9, 2012. 

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