Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 36 / Thursday, February 23, 2012 / Notices 10807 

Foreign Assets Control, Department of 

the Treasury, 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 September 23, 2001, the President 

issued Executive Order 13224 (the 

‘‘Order’’) pursuant to the International 

Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 

U.S.C. 1701–1706, and the United 

Nations Participation Act of 1945, 22 

U.S.C. 287c. In the Order, the President 

declared a national emergency to 

address grave acts of terrorism and 

threats of terrorism committed by 

foreign terrorists, including the 

September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in 

New York, Pennsylvania, and at the 

Pentagon. The Order imposes economic 

sanctions on persons who have 

committed, pose a significant risk of 

committing, or support acts of terrorism. 

The President identified in the Annex to 

the Order, as amended by Executive 

Order 13268 of July 2, 2002, 13 

individuals and 16 entities as subject to 

the economic sanctions. The Order was 

further amended by Executive Order 

13284 of January 23, 2003, to reflect the 

creation of the Department of Homeland 

Security. 

Section 1 of the Order blocks, with 

certain exceptions, all property and 

interests in property that are in or 

hereafter come within the United States 

or the possession or control of United 

States persons, of: (1) Foreign persons 

listed in the Annex to the Order; (2) 

foreign persons determined by the 

Secretary of State, in consultation with 

the Secretary of the Treasury, the 

Secretary of the Department of 

Homeland Security and the Attorney 

General, to have committed, or to pose 

a significant risk of committing, acts of 

terrorism that threaten the security of 

U.S. nationals or the national security, 

foreign policy, or economy of the United 

States; (3) persons determined by the 

Director of OFAC, in consultation with 

the Departments of State, Homeland 

Security and Justice, to be owned or 

controlled by, or to act for or on behalf 

of those persons listed in the Annex to 

the Order or those persons determined 

to be subject to subsection 1(b), 1(c), or 

1(d)(i) of the Order; and (4) except as 

provided in section 5 of the Order and 

after such consultation, if any, with 

foreign authorities as the Secretary of 

State, in consultation with the Secretary 

of the Treasury, the Secretary of the 

Department of Homeland Security and 

the Attorney General, deems 

appropriate in the exercise of his 

discretion, persons determined by the 

Director of OFAC, in consultation with 

the Departments of State, Homeland 

Security and Justice, to assist in, 

sponsor, or provide financial, material, 

or technological support for, or financial 

or other services to or in support of, 

such acts of terrorism or those persons 

listed in the Annex to the Order or 

determined to be subject to the Order or 

to be otherwise associated with those 

persons listed in the Annex to the Order 

or those persons determined to be 

subject to subsection 1(b), 1(c), or 1(d)(i) 

of the Order. 

On February 16, 2012, the Director of 

OFAC, in consultation with the 

Departments of State, Homeland 

Security, Justice and other relevant 

agencies, designated, pursuant to one or 

more of the criteria set forth in 

subsections 1(b), 1(c) or 1(d) of the 

Order, one entity whose property and 

interests in property are blocked 

pursuant to Executive Order 13224. 

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 [SDGT]. 

Dated: February 16, 2012. 

Barbara C. Hammerle, 

Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets 

Control. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

Designation of One Entity Pursuant to 

Executive Order 13553 

SUB-AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets 

Control. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Treasury Department’s 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

(‘‘OFAC’’) is publishing the name of one 

entity newly-designated as an entity 

whose property and interests in 

property are blocked pursuant to 

Executive Order 13553 of September 28, 

2010, ‘‘Blocking Property of Certain 

Persons With Respect to Serious Human 

Rights Abuses by the Government of 

Iran and Taking Certain Other Actions.’’ 

DATES: The designation by the Acting 

Director of OFAC of the entity identified 

in this notice, pursuant to Executive 

Order 13553 is effective February 16, 

2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Assistant Director, Sanctions 

Compliance and Evaluation, Office of 

Foreign Assets Control, Department of 

the Treasury, 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 September 28, 2010, the President 

issued Executive Order 13553, 

‘‘Blocking Property of Certain Persons 

With Respect to Serious Human Rights 

Abuses by the Government of Iran and 

Taking Certain Other Actions’’ (the 

‘‘Order’’) pursuant to, inter alia, the 

International Emergency Economic 

Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701–06) 

(‘‘IEEPA’’) and the Comprehensive Iran 

Sanctions, Accountability, and 

Divestment Act of 2010 (Public Law 

111–195). In the Order, the President 

took additional steps with respect to the 

national emergency declared in 

Executive Order 12957 of March 15, 

1995. 

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 or at the 

recommendation of the Secretary of 

State, to meet any of the criteria set forth 

in the Order. 

The Annex to the Order listed eight 

individuals whose property and 

interests in property are blocked 

pursuant to the Order. 

On February 16, 2012, the Acting 

Director of OFAC, in consultation with 

or at the recommendation of the 

Secretary of State, designated, pursuant 

to one or more of the criteria set forth 

in subparagraphs (a)(ii)(A) through 

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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. 

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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. 

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