[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 64 (Tuesday, April 3, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20124-20125]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-7954]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control


Designation of 4 Individuals and 2 Entities Pursuant to Executive 
Order 13224 of September 23, 2001, ``Blocking Property and Prohibiting 
Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten To Commit, or Support 
Terrorism''

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control 
(``OFAC'') is publishing the names of four individuals and two entities 
whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to 
Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001, ``Blocking Property and 
Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten To Commit, 
or Support Terrorism.''

DATES: The designations by the Director of OFAC of the 4 individual(s) 
and 2 entit(ies) in this notice, pursuant to Executive Order 13224, are 
effective on March 27, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Assistant Director, Compliance 
Outreach & Implementation, 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 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 March 27, 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, four individuals and 
two entities whose property and interests in property are blocked 
pursuant to Executive Order 13224.
    The listings for these individuals and entities on OFAC's list of 
Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons appear as follows:

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Individual(s)

1. AGHAJANI, Hosein (a.k.a. ADHAJANI, Azim; a.k.a. AGAJANY, Azimi; 
a.k.a. AGHAJANI, Azimi; a.k.a. AGHAJANI, Azim; a.k.a. AGHAJANI, 
Asim; a.k.a. AQAJANI, Azim); DOB 1967; nationality Iran (individual) 
[SDGT]
2. TABATABAEI, Sayyid Ali Akbar (a.k.a. TABATABAEE, Sayyed Ali; 
a.k.a. TABATABAEI, Ali Akbar; a.k.a. TABATABAEI, Syed; a.k.a. 
TABATABAEI, Seyed Akbar; a.k.a. TABATABA'I, Seyed Akbar; a.k.a. 
TABATABA'IE, Sayyed Ali; a.k.a. TAHMAESEBI, Seyed Akbar; a.k.a. 
TAHMASEBI, Seyed; a.k.a. TAHMASEBI, Akbar); nationality Iran; 
Passport 6620505; alt. Passport 9003213 (individual) [SDGT]
3. GHANI, Esmail (a.k.a. AKBARNEJAD, Esmaeil Ghaani; a.k.a. GHAANI, 
Esmail; a.k.a. GHA'ANI, Esma'il; a.k.a. NEZHAD, Ismail Akbar; a.k.a. 
QA'ANI, Esma'il; a.k.a. QANI, Esmail); DOB 8 Aug 1957; POB Mashhad, 
Iran; Passport D9003033 (Iran); alt. Passport D9008347 (Iran) issued 
18 Jul 2010 expires 18 Jul 2015 (individual) [SDGT]
4. JEGA, Ali Abbas Usman (a.k.a. HASSAN, Ali Abbas Othman; a.k.a. 
JEGA, Abbas), 6B Nouakchott Street, Wuse Zone 1, Abuja, Nigeria; DOB 
1965; nationality Nigeria (individual) [SDGT]

Entities

1. YAS AIR (a.k.a. YAS AIR KISH; a.k.a. YASAIR CARGO AIRLINE), 
Mehrabad International Airport, Next to Terminal No. 6, Tehran, Iran 
[SDGT]
2. BEHINEH TRADING, Tehran, Iran [SDGT]

    Dated: March 27, 2012.
Adam J. Szubin,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2012-7954 Filed 4-2-12; 8:45 am]
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