[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 243 (Wednesday, December 19, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71991-71992]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-6138]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6034]


Additional Designation of Entities Pursuant to Executive Order 
13382

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION:  Designation of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) 
and Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL) Pursuant to 
Executive Order 13382.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the authority in section 1(ii) of Executive Order 
13382, ``Blocking Property of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators 
and Their Supporters'', the Assistant Secretary of State, in 
consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury and the Attorney 
General, has determined that two Iranian entities, the Islamic 
Revolutionary Guard Corp (IRGC) and Ministry of Defense and Armed 
Forces Logistics (MODAFL), have engaged, or attempted to engage, in 
activities or transactions that have materially contributed to, or pose 
a risk of materially contributing to, the proliferation of weapons of 
mass destruction or their means of delivery.

DATES: The designation by the Acting Under Secretary of State for Arms 
Control and International Security of the entities identified in this 
notice pursuant to Executive Order 13382 is effective on October 25, 
2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Director, Office of 
Counterproliferation Initiatives, Bureau of International Security and 
Nonproliferation, Department of State, Washington, DC 20520, tel.: 202-
647-5193

Background

    On June 28, 2005, the President, invoking the authority, inter 
alia, of International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705-
1706) (``IEEPA''), issued Executive Order 13382 (70 FR 38567, July 1, 
2005) (the ``Order''), effective at 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on 
June 29, 2005. In the Order the President took additional steps with 
respect to the national emergency described and declared in Executive 
Order 12938 of November 14, 1994, regarding the proliferation of 
weapons of mass destruction and the means of delivering them.
    Section 1 of the Order blocks, with certain exceptions, all 
property and interests in property that are in the United States, or 
that hereafter come within the United States or that are or hereafter 
come within the possession or control of United States persons, of: (1) 
The persons listed in the Annex to the Order; (2) any foreign person 
determined by the Secretary of State, in consultation with the 
Secretary of the Treasury, the Attorney General, and other relevant 
agencies, to have engaged, or attempted to engage, in activities or 
transactions that have materially contributed to, or pose a risk of 
materially contributing to, the proliferation of weapons of mass 
destruction or their means of delivery

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(including missiles capable of delivering such weapons), including any 
efforts to manufacture, acquire, possess, develop, transport, transfer 
or use such items, by any person or foreign country of proliferation 
concern; (3) any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in 
consultation with the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, and 
other relevant agencies, to have provided, or attempted to provide, 
financial, material, technological or other support for, or goods or 
services in support of, any activity or transaction described in clause 
(2) above or any person whose property and interests in property are 
blocked pursuant to the Order; and (4) any person determined by the 
Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, 
the Attorney General, and other relevant agencies, to be owned or 
controlled by, or acting or purporting to act for or on behalf of, 
directly or indirectly, and person whose property and interests in 
property are blocked pursuant to the Order.
    On October 25, 2007, the Acting Under Secretary of State for Arms 
Control and International Security, in consultation with the Secretary 
of the Treasury, the Attorney General, and other relevant agencies, 
designated two entities whose property and interests in property are 
blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13382.
    Information on the additional designees is as follows:
    1. MINISTRY OF DEFENSE AND ARMED FORCES LOGISTICS (a.k.a. MODAFL; 
a.k.a. MINISTRY OF DEFENSE AND SUPPORT FOR ARMED FORCES LOGISTICS; 
a.k.a. MODSAF), located on the west side Dabestan Street, Abbas Abad 
District, Tehran, Iran [NPWMD].
    2. ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS (a.k.a. IRGC, a.k.a. THE 
IRANIAN REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS, a.k.a. IRG, a.k.a. THE ARMY OF THE 
GUARDIANS OF THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTION, a.k.a. AGIR a.k.a. SEPAH-E 
PASDARAN-E ENQELAB-E ESLAMI, a.k.a. PASDARAN-E ENGHELAB-E ISLAMI, 
a.k.a. PASDARAN-E INQILAB, a.k.a. REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS, a.k.a. 
REVOLUTIONARY GUARD, a.k.a. SEPAH, a.k.a. PASDARAN, a.k.a. SEPAH 
PASDARAN, a.k.a. ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY CORPS, a.k.a. IRANIAN 
REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS), Tehran, Iran [NPWMD].

John C. Rood,
Acting Under Secretary, Arms Control and International Security, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 07-6138 Filed 12-18-07; 8:45 am]
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