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Behzad MESRI

Aliases

Skote Vahshat

Nationality

Iran

DoB

1988-08-26; 1988-08-27

Address

Iran

Official reason

Today, OFAC is also designating nine Iran-based individuals who were leaders, contractors, associates, hackers for hire, and affiliates of the Mabna Institute for engaging in malicious cyber-enabled activities related to the significant misappropriation of economic resources or personal identifiers for private financial gain. Behzad Mesri (Mesri) c...

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm0332

Date of listing

2018-03-23

Program information

Authority

US

Program

Executive Order 13606 of April 22, 2012 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

Regime

OFAC country specific

Target State

Iran

Measures

Blocking Property, Suspending Entry, Trade sanctions

Sanctions Portfolio

https://ofac.treasury.gov/faqs/topic/1551

Official Information

On April 22, 2012, the President issued Executive Order 13606, “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,” (the “Order”) pursuant to, inter alia, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U....

Additional Details

SDN

Program URL

https://ofac.treasury.gov/media/6491/download?inline