Presidential Documents

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Federal Register 

Vol. 75, No. 190 

Friday, October 1, 2010 

Title 3— 

The President 

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 

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. 1701et seq.) (IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601et seq.), the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–195) (CISADA), 

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) 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 overseas branch, of the following persons are blocked and may not 

be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in: 

(i) the persons listed in the Annex to this order; and 

(ii) any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation 

with or at the recommendation of the Secretary of State: 

(A) to be an official of the Government of Iran or a person acting 

on behalf of the Government of Iran (including members of paramilitary 

organizations) who is responsible for or complicit in, or responsible for 

ordering, controlling, or otherwise directing, the commission of serious 

human rights abuses against persons in Iran or Iranian citizens or residents, 

or the family members of the foregoing, on or after June 12, 2009, regardless 

of whether such abuses occurred in Iran; 

(B) 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)(ii)(A) of this section or any person 

whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this 

order; or 

(C) 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 order. 

(b) I hereby determine that the making of donations of the type of articles 

specified in section 203(b)(2) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(2)) by, to, or 

for the benefit of any person whose property and interests in property 

are blocked pursuant to subsection (a) of this section 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 subsection 

(a) of this section. 

(c) The prohibitions in subsection (a) of this section include but are 

not limited to: 

(i) 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 

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(ii) the receipt of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services 

from any such person. 

(d) 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. 2. (a) Any transaction by a United States person or within the United 

States 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. 3. For the purposes of this order: 

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

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

corporation, group, subgroup, or other organization; 

(c) 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; 

(d) the term ‘‘Government of Iran’’ includes the Government of Iran, any 

political subdivision, agency, or instrumentality thereof, and any person 

owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, the Government 

of Iran; and 

(e) the term ‘‘family member’’ means, with respect to an individual, a 

spouse, child, parent, sibling, grandchild, or grandparent of the individual. 

Sec. 4. 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 a listing or determination made pursuant to section 

1(a) of this order. 

Sec. 5. 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 and sections 105(a)–(c) of CISADA (22 U.S.C. 8514(a)–(c)), other 

than as described in sections 6 and 7 of this order, as may be necessary 

to carry out the purposes of this order other than the purposes of sections 

6 and 7. 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. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with 

the Secretary of State, is hereby further authorized to exercise the functions 

and waiver authorities conferred upon the President by section 401(b) of 

CISADA (22 U.S.C. 8551(b)) with respect to the requirement to impose 

or maintain sanctions pursuant to IEEPA under section 105(a) of CISADA 

(22 U.S.C. 8514(a)) and to redelegate these functions and waiver authorities 

consistent with applicable law. 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. 6. The Secretary of State is hereby authorized to exercise the functions 

and authorities conferred upon the President by section 105(a) of CISADA 

(22 U.S.C. 8514(a)) with respect to imposition of the visa sanctions described 

in section 105(c) of CISADA (22 U.S.C. 8514(c)) and to redelegate these 

functions and authorities consistent with applicable law. The Secretary of 

State is hereby further authorized to exercise the functions and authorities 

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conferred upon the President by section 105(c) of CISADA (22 U.S.C. 8514(c)) 

with respect to the promulgation of rules and regulations related to the 

visa sanctions described therein and to redelegate these functions and authorities consistent with applicable law. The Secretary of State is hereby 

further authorized to exercise the functions and waiver authorities conferred 

upon the President by section 401(b) of CISADA (22 U.S.C. 8551(b)) with 

respect to the requirement to impose or maintain visa sanctions under section 

105(a) of CISADA (22 U.S.C. 8514(a)) and to redelegate these functions 

and waiver authorities consistent with applicable law. In exercising the 

functions and authorities in the previous sentence, the Secretary of State 

shall consult the Secretary of Homeland Security on matters related to 

admissibility or inadmissibility within the authority of the Secretary of 

Homeland Security. 

Sec. 7. The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the 

Treasury, is hereby authorized to submit the initial and updated lists of 

persons who are subject to visa sanctions and whose property and interests 

in property are blocked pursuant to this order to the appropriate congressional committees as required by section 105(b) of CISADA (22 U.S.C. 

8514(b)) and to redelegate these functions consistent with applicable law. 

The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, 

is hereby further authorized to exercise the functions and waiver authorities 

conferred upon the President by section 401(b) of CISADA (22 U.S.C. 8551(b)) 

with respect to the requirement to include a person on the list required 

by section 105(b) of CISADA (22 U.S.C. 8514(b)) and to redelegate these 

functions and waiver authorities consistent with applicable law. 

Sec. 8. 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 section 104 of CISADA (22 

U.S.C. 8513). 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. 9. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary 

of State, is hereby authorized to determine that circumstances no longer 

warrant the blocking of the property and interests in property of a person 

listed in the Annex to this order, and to take necessary action to give 

effect to that determination. 

Sec. 10. 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. 11. 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 response to those later 

actions. 

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Sec. 12. This order is effective at 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on September 29, 2010. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, 

September 28, 2010. 

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