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Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
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  • Iran, Syria, USA
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  • January 7 2013

On December 26th, the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Asset Control published amendments to the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions

Designations

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • Syria, USA
  • -
  • September 24 2012

On September 19th, the Treasury Department imposed sanctions against entities that support the Assad regime's efforts to procure arms and communications equipment that contribute to the regime's violence against the Syrian people

Designations

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • Syria, USA
  • -
  • August 13 2012

On August 7th, the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control announced the designation of John Zabaneh and two members of his drug trafficking organization, who are based in Belize and are key associates of Joaquin "Chapo" Guzman Loera, and other members of the Sinaloa Cartel

Treasury sanctions against Syria

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • Syria, USA
  • -
  • July 23 2012

On July 18th, the Treasury Department designated 29 senior officials of the Syrian government, five companies linked to the Syrian government agency responsible for developing and producing non-conventional weapons and the missiles to deliver them, Scientific Studies and Research Center, and a company owned by Rami Makhluf, an associate of Syria's President Assad

Executive order targets sanctions evaders

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
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  • Iran, Syria, USA
  • -
  • May 7 2012

On May 1st, the Treasury Department announced that the President has signed an Executive Order "Prohibiting Certain Transactions with and Suspending Entry into the United States of Foreign Sanctions Evaders with Respect to Iran and Syria"

Designations

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • Iran, Syria, USA
  • -
  • April 30 2012

On April 23rd, the Treasury Department announced the signing of an Executive Order, "Blocking the Property and Suspending Entry into the United States of Certain Persons with Respect to Grave Human Rights Abuses by the Governments of Iran and Syria Via Information Technology"

Treasury Department announces the designation of Iran's intelligence ministry

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • Syria, USA
  • -
  • February 21 2012

On February 16th, the Treasury Department announced the designation of the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security ("MOIS"), Iran's primary intelligence organization, for its support to terrorist groups as well as its central role in perpetrating human rights abuses against the citizens of Iran and its role in supporting the Syrian regime as it continues to commit human rights abuses against the people of Syria

Treasury Department sanctions additional Syrian government officials

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • Syria, USA
  • -
  • September 12 2011

On August 30th, the Treasury Department announced the designations of three senior officials of the Government of Syria: Foreign and Expatriates Minister Walid Al-Moallem, Presidential Political and Media Advisor Bouthaina Shaaban, and Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Abdul Karim Ali

Syrian government assets are frozen

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
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  • Syria, USA
  • -
  • August 22 2011

On August 12th, the Treasury Department announced that President Barack Obama has signed an Executive Order imposing additional sanctions against the Government of Syria, freezing any assets of the Government of Syria in the United States and banning the importation into the United States of petroleum or petroleum products of Syrian origin

Treasury Department designates Syrian institutions; FinCEN issues related Advisory

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
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  • Syria, USA
  • -
  • August 15 2011

On August 10th, the Treasury Department announced the designation of the Commercial Bank of Syria, a Syrian state-owned financial institution, and its Lebanon-based subsidiary, Syrian Lebanese Commercial Bank, and Syriatel, the largest mobile phone operator in Syria