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113th Congress, 1st Session – – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 113–32 

EXECUTIVE ORDER TAKING ADDITIONAL STEPS 

WITH RESPECT TO THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY 

DECLARED WITH RESPECT TO IRAN 

MESSAGE 

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRANSMITTING

NOTIFICATION OF AN EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT TAKES ADDITIONAL STEPS WITH RESPECT TO THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY 

DECLARED WITH RESPECT TO IRAN IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 12957 

OF MARCH 15, 1995 

JUNE 4, 2013.—Message and accompanying papers referred to the 

Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed 


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To the Congress of the United States: 

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 certain statutory requirements of the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 

2012 (subtitle D of title XII of Public Law 112–239) (22 U.S.C. 8801 

et seq.) (IFCA), which amends 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 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 the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104– 

172) (50 U.S.C. 1701 note) (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 further steps pursuant to this emergency, and to implement section 1245(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act 

for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81) (22 U.S.C. 8513a), 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, 


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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 further sanctions 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. 

Most recently, I issued Executive Order 13628 of October 9, 2012, 

to take additional steps with respect to the national emergency declared in Executive Order 12957 and to implement certain statutory requirements of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human 

Rights Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–158) (22 U.S.C. 8701 et seq.) 

(TRA), including its amendments to the statutory requirements of 

ISA and CISADA. 

With respect to the order that I have just issued, section 1 of the 

order authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with 

the Secretary of State, to impose financial sanctions on or to 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 a foreign financial institution determined to 

have, on or after the effective date of the order: 

• knowingly conducted or facilitated any significant transaction related to the purchase or sale of Iranian rials or a derivative, swap, future, forward, or other similar contract whose 

value is based on the exchange rate of the Iranian rial; or 

• maintained significant funds or accounts outside the territory of Iran denominated in the Iranian rial. 

Section 2 of the order authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury, 

in consultation with the Secretary of State, to 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 any person upon determining: 

• that the person has materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods 

or services to or in support of, any Iranian person included on 

the list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons 

maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (SDN List) 

(other than an Iranian depository institution whose property 

and interests in property are blocked solely pursuant to Executive Order 13599) or any other person included on the SDN 

List whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this paragraph or Executive Order 13599 (other than 

an Iranian depository institution whose property and interests 


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in property are blocked solely pursuant to Executive Order 

13599); or 

• pursuant to authority delegated by the President and in 

accordance with the terms of such delegation, that sanctions 

shall be imposed on such person pursuant to section 

1244(c)(1)(A) of IFCA. 

Section 3 of the order authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury, 

in consultation with the Secretary of State, to impose financial 

sanctions on a foreign financial institution determined to have 

knowingly conducted or facilitated any significant financial transaction: 

• on behalf of any Iranian person included on the SDN List 

(other than an Iranian depository institution whose property 

and interests in property are blocked solely pursuant to Executive Order 13599) or any other person included on the SDN 

List whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to subsection 2(a)(i) of the order or Executive Order 

13599 (other than an Iranian depository institution whose 

property and interests in property are blocked solely pursuant 

to Executive Order 13599); or 

• on or after the effective date of the order, for the sale, supply, or transfer to Iran of significant goods or services used in 

connection with the automotive sector of Iran. 

Section 5 of the order authorizes the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the United States 

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

Bank, the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and other agencies and officials as appropriate, to 

impose sanctions on a person upon determining that the person: 

• on or after the effective date of the order, knowingly engaged in a significant transaction for the sale, supply, or transfer to Iran of significant goods or services used in connection 

with the automotive sector of Iran; 

• is a successor entity to a person determined to meet that 

criterion; 

• owns or controls a person determined to meet that criterion, and had knowledge that the person engaged in the activities referred to therein; or 

• is owned or controlled by, or under common ownership or 

control with, a person determined to meet that criterion, and 

knowingly participated in the activities therein. 

Sections 6 and 7 of the order provide that, for persons determined to meet any of these criteria, the heads of the relevant agencies, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall implement 

the sanctions imposed by the Secretary of State. Those sanctions 

may include the following actions: 

• 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; 


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• 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; 

• for a sanctioned person that is a financial institution: 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 

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; 

• agencies shall not procure, or enter into a contract for the 

procurement of, any goods or services from the sanctioned person; 

• the Secretary of State shall deny a visa to, and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall exclude from the United 

States, any alien that the Secretary of State determines is a 

corporate officer or principal of, or a shareholder with a controlling interest in, a sanctioned person; 

• the heads of the relevant agencies, as appropriate, shall 

impose on the principal executive officer or officers, or persons 

performing similar functions and with similar authorities, of a 

sanctioned person any of the sanctions described above, as selected by the Secretary of State; 

• the Secretary of the Treasury shall take actions where necessary to: 

Æ 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; 

Æ 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; 

Æ 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; 

Æ 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; 


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Æ prohibit any United States person from investing in or 

purchasing significant amounts of equity or debt instruments of a sanctioned person; 

Æ restrict or prohibit imports of goods, technology, or 

services, directly or indirectly, into the United States from 

the sanctioned person; or 

Æ impose on the principal executive officer or officers, or 

persons performing similar functions and with similar authorities, of a sanctioned person any of the sanctions described above, as appropriate. 

Section 7 of the order also provides that, when 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 sections 1244(d)(1)(A), 1245(a)(1), or 1246(a)(1) 

of IFCA (including in each case as informed by section 1253(c)(2) 

of IFCA), such Secretary may select one or more of the sanctions 

described above for which the Secretary of the Treasury shall take 

such action, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall take actions 

where necessary to implement those sanctions. 

Sections 8 and 11 of the order implement the statutory requirements of CISADA, as amended by section 1249 of IFCA. They authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to 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), 

and the Secretary of State to 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, on or after January 2, 2013, in corruption 

or other activities relating to the diversion of goods, including 

agricultural commodities, food, medicine, and medical devices, 

intended for the people of Iran; • to have engaged, on or after January 2, 2013, in corruption 

or other activities relating to the misappropriation of proceeds 

from the sale or resale of goods described above; 

• 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 above or any person 

whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant 

to these provisions; or 

• 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 these provisions. 

I have delegated to the Secretary of the Treasury the authority, 

in consultation with the Secretary of State, 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 the purposes of the order, other than the purposes described in sections 5, 6, and 11 of the order. 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. 


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The order, a copy of which is enclosed, becomes effective at 12:01 

a.m. eastern daylight time on July 1, 2013. 

BARACK OBAMA. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, June 3, 2013. 


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EXECUTIVE ORDER

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

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 Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment 

Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–195) (22 U.S.C. 8501 et seq.) 

(CISADA), the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 

(subtitle D of title XII of Public Law 112–239) (22 U.S.C. 8801 et 

seq.) (IFCA), section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 

of 1952 (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) The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation 

with the Secretary of State, is hereby authorized to impose on a 

foreign financial institution the sanctions described in subsection 

(b) of this section upon determining that the foreign financial institution has, on or after the effective date of this order: 

(i) knowingly conducted or facilitated any significant transaction related to the purchase or sale of Iranian rials or a derivative, swap, future, forward, or other similar contract whose 

value is based on the exchange rate of the Iranian rial; or 

(ii) maintained significant funds or accounts outside the territory of Iran denominated in the Iranian rial. 

(b) With respect to any foreign financial institution determined 

by the Secretary of the Treasury in accordance with this section to 

meet the criteria set forth in subsection (a)(i) or (a)(ii) of this section, the Secretary of the Treasury may: 

(i) prohibit the opening, and prohibit or impose strict conditions on the maintaining, in the United States of a correspondent account or a payable-through account by such foreign financial institution; or 

(ii) block 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 such foreign financial institution, and provide that 

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


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(c) The prohibitions in subsection (b) 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 effective date of this order. 

SEC. 2. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with 

the Secretary of State, is hereby authorized to impose on a person 

the measures described in subsection (b) of this section upon determining: 

(i) that the person has materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods 

or services to or in support of, any Iranian person included on 

the list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons 

maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (SDN List) 

(other than an Iranian depository institution whose property 

and interests in property are blocked solely pursuant to Executive Order 13599 of February 5, 2012) or any other person included on the SDN List whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this paragraph or Executive 

Order 13599 (other than an Iranian depository institution 

whose property and interests in property are blocked solely 

pursuant to Executive Order 13599); or 

(ii) pursuant to authority delegated by the President and in 

accordance with the terms of such delegation, that sanctions 

shall be imposed on such person pursuant to section 

1244(c)(1)(A) of IFCA. 

(b) With respect to any person determined by the Secretary of 

the Treasury in accordance with this section to meet the criteria 

set forth in subsection (a)(i) or (a)(ii) of this section, 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 such person are blocked and may not 

be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in. 

(c) The prohibitions in subsection (b) 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 effective date of this order. 

SEC. 3. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with 

the Secretary of State, is hereby authorized to impose on a foreign 

financial institution the sanctions described in subsection (b) of this 

section upon determining that the foreign financial institution has 

knowingly conducted or facilitated any significant financial transaction: 

(i) on behalf of any Iranian person included on the SDN List 

(other than an Iranian depository institution whose property 

and interests in property are blocked solely pursuant to Executive Order 13599) or any other person included on the SDN 

List whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to subsection 2(a)(i) of this order or Executive Order 

13599 (other than an Iranian depository institution whose 

property and interests in property are blocked solely pursuant 

to Executive Order 13599); or 


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(ii) on or after the effective date of this order, for the sale, 

supply, or transfer to Iran of significant goods or services used 

in connection with the automotive sector of Iran. 

(b) With respect to any foreign financial institution determined 

by the Secretary of the Treasury in accordance with this section to 

meet the criteria set forth in subsection (a)(i) or (a)(ii) of this section, the Secretary of the Treasury may prohibit the opening, and 

prohibit or impose strict conditions on the maintaining, in the 

United States of a correspondent account or a payable-through account by such foreign financial institution. 

(c) Subsection (a)(i) of this section shall apply with respect to a 

significant financial transaction conducted or facilitated by a foreign financial institution for the purchase of petroleum or petroleum products from Iran only if: 

(i) the President determines under subparagraphs (4)(B) and 

(C) of subsection 1245(d) of the National Defense Authorization 

Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81) (2012 NDAA) (22 

U.S.C. 8513a) that there is a sufficient supply of petroleum 

and petroleum products from countries other than Iran to permit a significant reduction in the volume of petroleum and petroleum products purchased from Iran by or through foreign financial institutions; and 

(ii) an exception under subparagraph 4(D) of subsection 

1245(d) of the 2012 NDAA from the imposition of sanctions 

under paragraph (1) of that subsection does not apply. 

(d) Subsection (a)(i) of this section shall not apply with respect 

to a significant financial transaction conducted or facilitated by a 

foreign financial institution for the sale, supply, or transfer to or 

from Iran of natural gas only if the financial transaction is solely 

for trade between the country with primary jurisdiction over the 

foreign financial institution and Iran, and any funds owed to Iran 

as a result of such trade are credited to an account located in the 

country with primary jurisdiction over the foreign financial institution. 

(e) Subsection (a)(i) of this section shall not apply to any person 

for conducting or facilitating a transaction for the provision of agricultural commodities, food, medicine, or medical devices to Iran. 

(f) The prohibitions in subsection (b) 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 effective date of this order. 

SEC. 4. Subsections 2(a) and 3(a)(i) of this order shall not apply 

with respect to any person for conducting or facilitating a transaction involving a project described in subsection (a) of section 603 

of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 

(Public Law 112–158) (22 U.S.C. 8701 et seq.) to which the exception under that section applies. 

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

of the Treasury, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of 

Homeland Security, and the United States Trade Representative, 

and with the President of the Export-Import Bank, the Chairman 

of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and other 

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pose on a person any of the sanctions described in section 6 or 7 

of this order upon determining that the person: 

(a) on or after the effective date of this order, knowingly engaged 

in a significant transaction for the sale, supply, or transfer to Iran 

of significant goods or services used in connection with the automotive sector of Iran; 

(b) 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) of this section; 

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

State in accordance with this section to meet the criteria in subsection (a) of this section, and had knowledge that the person engaged in the activities referred to in that subsection; or 

(d) 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) of this 

section, and knowingly participated in the activities referred to in 

that subsection. 

SEC. 6. 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 subsections (a)–(d) of that 

section 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, as appropriate, shall take the following 

actions where necessary to implement the sanctions imposed by the 

Secretary of State: 

(a) 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; 

(b) 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; 

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

(i) 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 

(ii) 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; 

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

procurement of, any goods or services from the sanctioned person; 

(e) the Secretary of State shall deny a visa to, and the Secretary 

of Homeland Security shall exclude from the United States, any 

alien that the Secretary of State determines is a corporate officer 

or principal of, or a shareholder with a controlling interest in, a 

sanctioned person; or 


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(f) the heads of the relevant agencies, as appropriate, shall 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 subsections (a)–(e) of this 

section, as selected by the Secretary of State. 

(g) The prohibitions in subsections (a)–(f) 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 effective date of this order. 

SEC. 7. (a) When 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 section 

1244(d)(1)(A), 1245(a)(1), or 1246(a)(1) of IFCA (including in each 

case as informed by section 1253(c)(2) of IFCA) or 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 subsections (a)–(d) of that section, such Secretary may 

select one or more of the sanctions set forth below to impose on 

that person, and the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation 

with the Secretary of State, shall take the following actions where 

necessary to implement the sanctions selected and maintained by 

the Secretary of State or the Secretary of the Treasury: 

(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; 

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

(v) prohibit any United States person from investing in or 

purchasing significant amounts of equity or debt instruments 

of a sanctioned person; 

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

sanctioned person; or 

(vii) impose on the principal executive officer or officers, or 

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retary of State or the Secretary of the Treasury, as appropriate. 

(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 effective date of this order. 

SEC. 8. (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, on or after January 2, 2013, in corruption or other activities relating to the diversion of goods, including agricultural commodities, food, medicine, and medical 

devices, intended for the people of Iran; 

(ii) to have engaged, on or after January 2, 2013, in corruption or other activities relating to the misappropriation of proceeds from the sale or resale of goods described in subsection 

(a)(i) of this section; 

(iii) 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) 

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 effective date of this order. 

SEC. 9. I hereby determine that, to the extent 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(b)(ii), 2(b), 7(a)(iv), and 8(a) of this order. 

SEC. 10. The prohibitions in subsections 1(b)(ii), 2(b), 7(a)(iv), and 

8(a) 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. 11. I hereby find that the unrestricted immigrant and nonimmigrant entry into the United States of aliens who meet one or 


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more of the criteria in subsection 2(a), section 5, and subsection 

8(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. 12. 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 the purposes of this order, other than the purposes described in sections 5, 6, and 11 of this order. 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. 13. (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 is prohibited. 

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

forth in this order is prohibited. 

SEC. 14. For the purposes of this order: 

(a) the term ‘‘automotive sector of Iran’’ means the manufacturing or assembling in Iran of light and heavy vehicles including 

passenger cars, trucks, buses, minibuses, pick-up trucks, and motorcycles, as well as original equipment manufacturing and aftermarket parts manufacturing relating to such vehicles. 

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

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

(c) the term ‘‘financial institution,’’ as used in sections 6 and 7 

of this order, includes: 

(i) a depository institution (as defined in section 3(c)(1) of the 

Federal Deposit Insurance Act) (12 U.S.C. 1813(c)(1)), including a branch or agency of a foreign bank (as defined in section 

1(b)(7) of the International Banking Act of 1978) (12 U.S.C. 

3101(7)); 

(ii) a credit union; 

(iii) a securities firm, including a broker or dealer; 

(iv) an insurance company, including an agency or underwriter; and 

(v) any other company that provides financial services; 

(d) the term ‘‘foreign financial institution,’’ as used in sections 1 

and 3 of this order, means any foreign entity that is engaged in the 

business of accepting deposits, making, granting, transferring, 

holding, or brokering loans or credits, or purchasing or selling foreign exchange, securities, commodity futures or options, or procuring purchasers and sellers thereof, as principal or agent. It includes but is not limited to depository institutions, banks, savings 

banks, money service businesses, trust companies, securities brokers and dealers, commodity futures and options brokers and dealers, forward contract and foreign exchange merchants, securities 

and commodities exchanges, clearing corporations, investment companies, employee benefit plans, dealers in precious metals, stones, 


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or jewels, and holding companies, affiliates, or subsidiaries of any 

of the foregoing. The term does not include the international financial institutions identified in 22 U.S.C. 262r(c)(2), the International 

Fund for Agricultural Development, the North American Development Bank, or any other international financial institution so notified by the Secretary of the Treasury; 

(e) 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; 

(f) 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; 

(g) the term ‘‘Iranian depository institution’’ means any entity 

(including foreign branches), wherever located, organized under the 

laws of Iran or any jurisdiction within Iran, or owned or controlled 

by the Government of Iran, or in Iran, or owned or controlled by 

any of the foregoing, that is engaged primarily in the business of 

banking (for example, banks, savings banks, savings associations, 

credit unions, trust companies, and bank holding companies); 

(h) the term ‘‘Iranian person,’’ as used in sections 2 and 3 of this 

order, means an individual who is a citizen or national of Iran or 

an entity organized under the laws of Iran or otherwise subject to 

the jurisdiction of the Government of Iran; 

(i) 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; 

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

(k) the term ‘‘petroleum’’ (also known as crude oil) means a mixture of hydrocarbons that exists in liquid phase in natural underground reservoirs and remains liquid at atmospheric pressure after 

passing through surface separating facilities; 

(l) the term ‘‘petroleum products’’ includes unfinished oils, liquefied petroleum gases, pentanes plus, aviation gasoline, motor gasoline, naphtha-type jet fuel, kerosene-type jet fuel, kerosene, distillate fuel oil, residual fuel oil, petrochemical feedstocks, special 

naphthas, lubricants, waxes, petroleum coke, asphalt, road oil, still 

gas, and miscellaneous products obtained from the processing of: 

crude oil (including lease condensate), natural gas, and other hydrocarbon compounds. The term does not include natural gas, liquefied natural gas, biofuels, methanol, and other non-petroleum 

fuels; 

(m) the term ‘‘sanctioned person’’ means a person that 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 section 1244(d)(1)(A), 

1245(a)(1), or 1246(a)(1) of IFCA (including in each case as informed by section 1253(c)(2) of IFCA), and on whom the Secretary 


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

sanctions in section 6 or 7 of this order or a person on whom the 

Secretary of State, in accordance with the terms of section 5 of this 

order, has determined to impose sanctions pursuant to section 5; 

(n) for the purposes 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; 

(o) the term ‘‘United States financial institution’’ means a financial institution as defined in subsection (c) of this section (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 

(p) 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. 

SEC. 15. For those persons whose property and interests in, property are blocked pursuant to this order who might have a constitutional presence in the United States, I find that because of the ability 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 subsection 1(b)(ii), 2(b), 

7(a)(iv), or 8(a) of this order. 

SEC. 16. Executive Order 13622 of July 30, 2012, is hereby 

amended as follows: 

(a) Subsection (a)(ii) of section 1 is amended by replacing ‘‘for the 

purchase or acquisition of petroleum or petroleum products from 

Iran’’ with ‘‘for the purchase, acquisition, sale, transport, or marketing of petroleum or petroleum products from Iran’’. 

(b) Subsection (a)(iii) of section 1 is amended by replacing ‘‘for 

the purchase or acquisition of petrochemical products from Iran’’ 

with ‘‘for the purchase, acquisition, sale, transport, or marketing of 

petrochemical products from Iran’’. 

(c) Subsection (a)(i) of section 2 is amended by replacing ‘‘knowingly, on or after the effective date of this order, engaged in a significant transaction for the purchase or acquisition of petroleum or 

petroleum products from Iran’’ with ‘‘knowingly, on or after the effective date of this order, engaged in a significant transaction for 

the purchase, acquisition, sale, transport, or marketing of petroleum or petroleum products from Iran’’. 

(d) Subsection (a)(ii) of section 2 is amended by replacing ‘‘knowingly, on or after the effective date of this order, engaged in a significant transaction for the purchase or acquisition of petrochemical 

products from Iran’’ with ‘‘knowingly, on or after the effective date 

of this order, engaged in a significant transaction for the purchase, 

acquisition, sale, transport, or marketing of petrochemical products 

from Iran’’. 

(e) Subsection (e) of section 10 is amended by inserting the words 

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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. 

SEC. 20. This order is effective at 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight 

time on July 1, 2013. 

BARACK OBAMA. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, June 3, 2013. 

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