Iran; Iran

No. 22, Khorramshahr Street, Tehran, Iran; No. 28, Arab Ali St., Korramshahr St., Tehran, Iran; North Shohvardi Street, Korramshahr Street, Number 24, Floor 1, Tehran, Iran

14004241708, National ID No.; 457647, Registration Number

Iranian company Samane Gostar Sahab Pardaz Private Limited Company (Sahab Pardaz) is one of the main operators of social media filtering services in Iran. Sahab Pardaz actively provides censorship, surveillance, and espionage tools to the Government of Iran by using big data analysis to analyze the private data of Iranian citizens. The company collects raw internet records from Iranians to build its filtering system. Sahab Pardaz executes its filtering activities by manufacturing and providing technical support for policy enforcer filtering tools for the Iranian government, and by using Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) tools to aid the regime in logging, blocking, and detecting various types of internet traffic. In 2016, Sahab Pardaz signed a contract worth millions of dollars with Iran’s Telecommunication Infrastructure Company, affiliated with the Ministry of Communication and Technology, for the creation of a system of cultural and social protection. Sahab Pardaz is being designated pursuant to E.O. 13846 for having engaged in censorship or other activities with respect to Iran on or after June 12, 2009, that prohibit, limit, or penalize the exercise of freedom of expression or assembly by citizens of Iran, or that limit access to print or broadcast media, including the facilitation or support of intentional frequency manipulation by the Government of Iran that would jam or restrict an international signal.

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1048

2022-10-26

US

Executive Order 13628 of October 9, 2012 Authorizing the Implementation of Certain Sanctions Set Forth in the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 and Additional Sanctions With Respect to Iran

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Iran

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[Archive] Executive Order 13628 of October 9, 2012, “Authorizing the Implementation of Certain Sanctions Set Forth in the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (TRA) and Additional Sanctions with Respect to Iran,” (“E.O. 13628”) implements certain statutory requirements of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (the “TRA”), including amendments to the Iran Sanctions Act (ISA) and the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (CISADA). Specifically, E.O. 13628 implements the requirements of Sections 204, 402, and 403 of the TRA. In addition, consistent with Section 218 of the TRA, Section 4 of E.O. 13628 prohibits foreign subsidiaries (defined below) of United States persons from knowingly violating the Iranian Transactions Regulations, E.O. 13599, section 5 of E.O. 13622, or Section 12 of E.O. 13628, and provides for civil penalties on the U.S. parent company for any such violations.

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