Opinion ID: 2995334
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Heading: The Arms Export Control Act and

Text: International Emergency Economic Powers Act Section 38 of the Arms Export Control Act (AECA), 22 U.S.C. sec. 2778, and its attendant regulations, the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, 22 C.F.R. sec. 120-30, authorize the President of the United States (President) to regulate and control the exportation of military and defense products through a licensing system administered by the State Department’s Office of Defense Trade Controls. A license must be obtained before the export of any products or items designated as defense articles on the United States Munitions List. 22 C.F.R. sec. 121.1. Category VIII(h) of the Munitions List requires State Department licenses for the exportation of components, parts, accessories, attachments and associated equipment designed or modified for use on military aircraft. 22 C.F.R. sec. 121.1. Federal regulations also state that it is the policy of the United States to deny requests for licenses to export defense articles at any given time destined for certain specified countries, including Iran. 22 C.F.R. sec. 126.1(a). On May 6, 1995, the President issued Executive Order 12959 pursuant to authority granted by the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), 50 U.S.C. sec.sec. 1701-1706./1 This order and its implementing regulations generally prohibit the exportation of any goods, technology or services from the United States to Iran without express authorization from the Office of Foreign Assets Control, a division of the Treasury Department. 31 C.F.R. sec.sec. 560.204, 560.501. This prohibition includes the exportation of any goods to any person in a third country undertaken with knowledge or reason to know that such goods . . . are intended specifically for supply, transshipment, or reexportation, directly or indirectly, to Iran or the Government of Iran. 31 C.F.R. sec. 560.204(a).