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(a)(ii)(C) of Section 1 of the Order, one 

entity whose property and interests in 

property are blocked, pursuant to the 

Order. 

The listing for this entity is as follows: 

• IRANIAN MINISTRY OF 

INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY (a.k.a. 

VEZARAT–E ETTELA’AT VA AMNIAT–E 

KESHVAR; a.k.a. ‘‘MOIS’’; a.k.a. ‘‘VEVAK’’), 

bounded roughly by Sanati Street on the 

west, 30th Street on the south, and Iraqi 

Street on the east, Tehran, Iran; Ministry of 

Intelligence, Second Negarestan Street, 

Pasdaran Avenue, Tehran, Iran [SDGT] 

[IRAN–HR] [SYRIA–HR] 

Dated: February 16, 2012. 

Barbara C. Hammerle, 

Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets 

Control. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4214 Filed 2–22–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

Designation of One Entity Pursuant to 

Executive Order 13572 of April 29, 

2011, ‘‘Blocking Property of Certain 

Persons With Respect to Human 

Rights Abuses in Syria’’ 

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets 

Control, Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Treasury Department’s 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

(‘‘OFAC’’) is publishing the name of 

number of one entity whose property 

and interests in property are blocked 

pursuant to Executive Order 13572 of 

April 29, 2011, ‘‘Blocking Property of 

Certain Persons with Respect to Human 

Rights Abuses in Syria.’’ 

DATES: The designation by the Director 

of OFAC of the entity identified in this 

notice, pursuant to Executive Order 

13572, is effective on February 16, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Assistant Director, Compliance 

Outreach & Implementation, Office of 

Foreign Assets Control, Department of 

the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW., (Treasury Annex), 

Washington, DC 20220, Tel.: 202/622– 

2490. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic and Facsimile Availability 

This document and additional 

information concerning OFAC are 

available from OFAC’s Web site 

(www.treas.gov/ofac) or via facsimile 

through a 24-hour fax-on-demand 

service, Tel.: 202/622–0077. 

Background 

On April 29, 2011, the President 

issued Executive Order 13572, 

‘‘Blocking Property of Certain Persons 

with Respect to Human Rights Abuses 

in Syria,’’ (the ‘‘Order’’) pursuant to, 

inter alia, the International Emergency 

Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701– 

06). In the Order, the President 

expanded the scope of the national 

emergency declared in Executive Order 

13338 of May 11, 2004. 

Section 1 of the Order blocks, with 

certain exceptions, 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, of persons listed in the 

Annex to the Order and of persons 

determined by the Secretary of the 

Treasury, in consultation with the 

Secretary of State: (1) To be responsible 

for or complicit in, or responsible for 

ordering, controlling, or otherwise 

directing, or to have participated in, the 

commission of human rights abuses in 

Syria, including those related to 

repression; (2) to be a senior official of 

an entity whose property and interests 

in property are blocked pursuant to this 

Order; (3) to have materially assisted, 

sponsored or provided financial, 

material, or technological support for, or 

goods or services in support of, the 

activities in subsection (b)(i) of Section 

1 of the Order or any person whose 

property and interests in property are 

blocked pursuant to Executive Order 

13338, Executive Order 13460, or this 

Order; or (4) 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 

Executive Order 13460 or this Order. 

On February 16, 2012, the Director of 

OFAC, in consultation with the 

Department of State, designated, 

pursuant to one or more of the criteria 

set forth in subsection 1(b) of the Order, 

one entity whose property and interests 

in property are blocked pursuant to 

Executive Order 13572. 

The listing for the entity on OFAC’s 

list of Specially Designated Nationals 

and Blocked Persons appears as follows: 

Entity 

IRANIAN MINISTRY OF 

INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY (a.k.a. 

VEZARAT–E ETTELA’AT VA 

AMNIAT–E KESHVAR; a.k.a. ‘‘MOIS’’; 

a.k.a. ‘‘VEVAK’’), bounded roughly by 

Sanati Street on the west, 30th Street on 

the south, and Iraqi Street on the east, 

Tehran, Iran; Ministry of Intelligence, 

Second Negarestan Street, Pasdaran 

Avenue, Tehran, Iran [SYRIA]. 

Dated: February 16, 2012. 

Barbara C. Hammerle, 

Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets 

Control. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4120 Filed 2–22–12; 8:45 am] 

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