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ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS INTELLIGENCE ORGANIZATION
Aliases
IRGC-IO; IRGC INTELLIGENCE ORGANIZATION
Address
Iran
Official reason
Today, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned four senior officials of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Intelligence Organization (IRGC-IO), an entity that is being concurrently designated by the State Department for its role in the hostage-taking or wrongful detention of U.S. nationals in Iran. ...
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https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1444
Date of listing
2023-04-27
Program information
Authority
US
Program
Executive Order 14078 of July 19, 2022 Bolstering Efforts To Bring Hostages and Wrongfully Detained United States Nationals Home
Regime
OFAC-horizontal
Target State
Iran, Russia
Measures
Blocking Property, Suspending Entry
Official Information
The new EO builds on those efforts and the efforts of others who have worked diligently to bring the Levinson Act to fruition, and it expands and strengthens the government’s toolkit in key ways. For example, this EO reinforces U.S. government efforts to support the families of Americans wrongfully detained or held hostage overseas by directing pa...
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